Association between Covid-19 and Pulmonary Embolism (AC-19-PE study)

Thromb Res. 2020 Dec:196:322-324. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.09.010. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

¹ Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: omiro@clinic.cat.
² Emergency Department, Hospital General de Alicante, University Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain.
³ Emergency Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁴ Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁵ Emergency Department, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, APHP, Boulogne, INSERM UMR 30 1144, Université Paris Centre, Paris, France.
⁶ Emergency Department, Rouen University Hospital, F-76000 Rouen, France.
⁷ Emergency Department, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, F-67000 61, INSERM UMR 1260, Regenerative NanoMedicine (RNM), Fédération de Médecine 63 Translationnelle (FMTS), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
⁸ Université de Lorraine, Emergency Department, University Hospital of Nancy, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques- 1433, and Inserm UMR S 1116; F-CRIN INI-50 CRCT, Nancy, France.
⁹ Emergency Department, HôpitalPitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux 18 de Paris (APHP), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.

Abstract

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The frequency of PE in COVID patients attending Spanish and French ED is around 0.7%
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The risk of PE in patients coming to ED is more than 7-fold higher in COVID than in non-COVID population.
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However, once PE is suspected and CTPA is ordered, the rate of PE diagnosis is similar in COVID and non-COVID patients.