The Prognosis of Pulmonary Embolism

The Fate and Late Effects of Non‐fatal Pulmonary Emboli

“…I t is not fully known how often and under which conditions non-fatal pulmonary embolism in the human gives rise to hypertension. In the investigation of 57 patients with clinically diagnosed pulmonary embolism Dun& et al found no evidence at all of chronic cor pulmonale or other serious sequels (8).…”