Validation of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index for risk stratification after acute pulmonary embolism in a cohort of patients in Brazil.
Leonardo de Araujo SorianoTalita Tavares CastroKelvin Henrique VilalvaMarcos de Carvalho BorgesAntonio Pazin-FilhoCarlos Henrique MirandaPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2019)
The PESI adequately predicted the prognosis after acute PE in this sample of the population of Brazil. The cluster analysis based on the original version is the most appropriate analysis in this setting.