Short-term mortality of patients with saddle pulmonary embolism: A single-center study

• Main Authors: Reza Hajizadeh (Author), Samad Ghaffari (Author), Hamid Rajebi (Author), Hadiseh Kavandi (Author), Elnaz Javanshir (Author), Golshan Fahimi (Author), Sahar Ghodratizadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Although hemodynamic instability has been identified as the most established mortality predictor in acute pulmonary embolism (PE), the debate is still open about the prognostic significance of saddle pulmonary embolism (SPE). This study determined the in-hospital mortality rate of SPE pat...