COVID-19 infection and its impact on case-fatality in patients with pulmonary embolism.
Lukas HobohmIngo SagoschenAlexandru GrigoreanIoannis T FarmakisUgo FedeliSebastian KoelmelTommaso GoriChristine Espinola-KleinThomas MünzelStavros V KonstantinidesKarsten KellerPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2022)
In Germany, the prevalence of PE events during hospitalisations was similar in 2019 and 2020. However, the fatality rate among patients with both COVID-19 and PE was substantially higher than that in those with only one of these diseases, suggesting a life-threatening additive prognostic impact of the COVID-PE combination.