Behnood Bikdeli, Alfonso Muriel, Yun Wang, Gregory Piazza, Candrika D Khairani, Rachel P Rosovsky, Ghazaleh Mehdipoor, Michelle L O'Donoghue, Olga Madridano, Juan Bosco Lopez-Saez, Meritxell Mellado, Ana Maria Diaz Brasero, Elvira Grandone, Primavera A Spagnolo, Yuan Lu, Laurent Bertoletti, Luciano López-Jiménez, Manuel Jesús Núñez, Ángeles Blanco-Molina, Marie Gerhard-Herman, Samuel Z Goldhaber, Shannon M Bates, David Jimenez, Harlan M Krumholz, Manuel Monreal
Sex-specific factors are implicated in pulmonary embolism (PE) presentation in young patients, as indicated by increased risk in pregnancy. Whether sex differences exist in PE presentation, comorbidities, and symptomatology in older adults, the age group in which most PEs occur, remains unknown. We identified older adults (aged ≥65 years) with PE in a large international PE registry replete with information about relevant clinical characteristics (RIETE registry, 2001-2021). To provide national data from the United States, we assessed sex differences in clinical characteristics and risk factors of Medicare beneficiaries with PE (2001-2019)...
March 3, 2023: Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis