European journal of internal medicine
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Feb 2023
Deep vein thrombosis symptoms and 30-day mortality in acute pulmonary embolism.
In patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE), the presence of concomitant lower-limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has been associated with a higher mortality rate. The prognostic significance of DVT symptoms among these patients remains uncertain. ⋯ Among patients with acute symptomatic PE and concomitant lower-limb DVT, those with DVT symptoms had an increased all-cause and PE-related mortality within 30 days. Assessment of DVT symptoms would assist with risk stratification of these patients.