Life After the Clot: The Hidden Mental Toll and Psychological Abyss of Surviving Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Crit Care Med. 2026 Feb 1;54(2):358-361. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006981. Epub 2025 Dec 9.

Stanislovas S Jankauskas¹, Pasquale Mone², Fahimeh Varzideh¹, Urna Kansakar¹, Gaetano Santulli^{1

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¹ Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism (FIDAM), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY.
² Casa di Cura Clinica Montevergine, Mercogliano (Avellino), Italy.
³ International Translational Research and Medical Education (ITME) Consortium, Joint Academic Research Unit, Naples, Italy.
⁴ Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center (ES-DRC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY.

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Keywords: coping strategies; dignity; family-centered care; psychologic distress; pulmonary embolism; qualitative research.

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