3-year quality of life, functional performance, and long-term survival after acute pulmonary embolism; A prospective study

13 November 2024

Kasra Mehdizadeh, Sepideh Kalantari, Mahsa Mohammadi, Melody Farrashi, Raheleh Kaviani, Danial Farmani, Mona Naghshbandi, Jamal Moosavi, Bahram Mohebbi, Hooman Bakhshandeh, Hamid Reza Pouraliakbar, Stefano Barco, Frederikus A. Klok, Parham Sadeghipour

https://doi.org/10.1002/pul2.70012

Abstract

Our prospective study investigates the 3-year trajectory of disease-specific quality of life (QoL) using the PEmb-QoL questionnaire, functional performance via 6-min walk tests, and the 5-year survival following acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and explores their association with patient demographics and clinical characteristics. We highlight that PE-specific QoL improves over time despite no significant changes in cardiopulmonary performance.

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