Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and high D-dimer values: A prospective study

Abstract

Patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and D-dimer values higher than 1 μg/mL presented a high prevalence of PE, regardless of clinical suspicion. We consider that these findings could contribute to improve the prognosis of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, by initiating anticoagulant therapy when a PE is found.