Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is a prevalent disease occurring in 100–200/100,000 inhabitants/year with a mortality rate of 17.4% at 90-days in the unselected population
[
[1]
]. The predictors of early death after APE include advanced age, comorbidities, and
clinical picture at presentation [
[2]
], where mortality ranges from 8.1% in cases with right ventricular dysfunction to
24.5% in cardiogenic shock and 64.8% when cardiopulmonary resuscitation is required
[
[3]
]. Herein, we present the characteristics of a series of patients who died in-hospital
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Publication History
Published online: February 27, 2018
Accepted:
February 26,
2018
Received:
February 16,
2018
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