Categorization of Patients with Pulmonary Embolism by Charlson Comorbidity Index

Pulmonary embolism is a cardiovascular life-threatening acute event afflicted by high morbidity and mortality.1-6 While the annual incidence of pulmonary embolism has increased in the past decades, the case fatality of this emergency event decreased in the same time.3,7-9 Mortality caused by pulmonary embolism is strongly and closely related to the patients ’ hemodynamic status and cardiac involvement, including right ventricular dysfunction and/or myocardial injury, as well as the patients’ comorbidity profile.

Source: The American Journal of Medicine - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Karsten Keller, Volker H. Schmitt, Omar Hahad, Christine Espinola-Klein, Thomas M ünzel, Philipp Lurz, Stavros Konstantinides, Lukas Hobohm Tags: Clinical Research Study Source Type: research