Global reporting of pulmonary embolism-related deaths in the World Health Organization mortality database: Vital registration data from 123 countries.
Alexandru GrigoreanLuca ValerioAndrea GalloGiacomo TurattiSeyed Hamidreza MahmoudpourWalter AgenoLana A CastellucciGabriela Cesarman-MausHenry DdunguErich Vinicius De PaulaMert DumantepeSamuel Z GoldhaberMaria Cecilia Guillermo EspositoFrederikus Albertus KlokNils KucherClaire McLintockFionnuala Ní ÁinlePaolo SimioniDavid SpirkAlex C SpyropoulosTetsumei UranoZhen-Guo ZhaiBeverley Jane HuntStavros V KonstantinidesPublished in: Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis (2021)
Reporting of PE-related mortality in official national vital registration was characterized by extreme heterogeneity across countries. These findings mandate enhanced efforts toward systematic and uniform coverage of PE-related mortality and provides a case for full recognition of PE and VTE as a primary cause of death.