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Prognosis

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30-50% of massive pulmonary emboli are fatal.

Most deaths occur within 2 hours.

If the acute event is survived, anticoagulation reduces risk of further emboli to about 50%, with the long term outlook good.

Reference

  1. Lin BW, Schreiber DH, Liu G, et al. Therapy and outcomes in massive pulmonary embolism from the Emergency Medicine Pulmonary Embolism in the Real World Registry. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Nov;30(9):1774-81.

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