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  • INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with cardiovascular complications and coagulation disorders. Previous studies reported pulmonary embolism (PE) in severe COVID-19 patients. Aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of symptomatic PE in COVID-19 patients and to identify the clinical, radiological or biological characteristics associated with PE. PATIENTS/METHODS: We conducted a retrospective nested case-control study in 2 French hospitals. Controls were matched in a 1:2 ratio on the basis of age, sex and center. PE patients with COVID-19 were compared to patients in whom PE was ruled out (CTPA controls) and in whom PE has not been investigated (CT controls). RESULTS: PE was suspected in 269 patients among 1042 COVID-19 patients, and confirmed in 59 patients (5.6%). Half of PE was diagnosed at COVID-19 diagnosis. PE patients did not differ from CT and CTPA controls for thrombosis risk factors. PE patients more often required invasive ventilation compared to CTPA controls (odds ratio (OR) 2.79; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.33–5.84) and to CT controls (OR 8.07; 95% CI 2.70–23.82). PE patients exhibited more extensive parenchymal lesions (>50%) than CT controls (OR 3.90; 95% CI 1.54–9.94). D-dimer levels were 5.1 (95% CI 1.90–13.76) times higher in PE patients than CTPA controls. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest a PE prevalence in COVID-19 patients close to 5% in the whole population and to 20% of the clinically suspected population. PE seems to be associated with more extensive lung damage and to require more frequently invasive ventilation.
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  • 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.11.001
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  • Thromb_Res
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/3baccaea333603509c96781255b3ba480c060ed1.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7648521.xml.json
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  • 33190025.0
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  • Elsevier; Medline; PMC
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  • Prevalence and characteristics of pulmonary embolism in 1042 COVID-19 patients with respiratory symptoms: A nested case-control study
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  • 2020-11-07

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