BACKGROUND: Syncope is a possible but little known presenting manifestation of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). The importance of syncope at the presentation of acute PE is not known. OBJECTIVES: To report the frequency and to establish the prognostic significance of syncope at the presentation of acute PE. METHODS: A retrospective review of the records of 154 consecutive patients admitted to an Internal Medicine service with acute PE. RESULTS: Fourteen patients with acute PE (9.1%) had syncope at presentation. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics (including respiratory failure, right heart failure and arterial hypotension), and hospital mortality were similar in patients with or without syncope. CONCLUSIONS: Syncope is not an uncommonly presenting manifestation of acute PE. Patients with acute PE and syncope have similar characteristics to those without syncope. Syncope does not seem to determine a poor prognosis.
BACKGROUND:Syncope is a possible but little known presenting manifestation of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). The importance of syncope at the presentation of acute PE is not known. OBJECTIVES: To report the frequency and to establish the prognostic significance of syncope at the presentation of acute PE. METHODS: A retrospective review of the records of 154 consecutive patients admitted to an Internal Medicine service with acute PE. RESULTS: Fourteen patients with acute PE (9.1%) had syncope at presentation. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics (including respiratory failure, right heart failure and arterial hypotension), and hospital mortality were similar in patients with or without syncope. CONCLUSIONS:Syncope is not an uncommonly presenting manifestation of acute PE. Patients with acute PE and syncope have similar characteristics to those without syncope. Syncope does not seem to determine a poor prognosis.
Authors: Joachim Gruettner; Tim Viergutz; Merle Bolte; Thomas Henzler; Stefan O Schoenberg; Sonja Sudarski; Paul Apfaltrer; Thomas Walter Journal: Exp Ther Med Date: 2015-03-30 Impact factor: 2.447
Authors: Parth V Desai; Nicolas Krepostman; Matthew Collins; Sovik De Sirkar; Alexa Hinkleman; Kevin Walsh; Jawed Fareed; Amir Darki Journal: Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep Date: 2021-10-20 Impact factor: 5.081