Dyslipidemia as a long-term marker for survival in pulmonary embolism

To analyse survival rate after 24 months in consecutive patients with a diagnosis of PE as well as associated factors.

Prospective cohort study during a follow-up period of two years in a series of consecutive patients with PE.

During the follow-up period, 34 out of 148 patients died (23%). Factors independently associated with reduced survival rate were: creatinine levels > 2 (OR, 8.8; 95% CI, 1.1 - 70.87), previous neoplasm (OR, 8.8; 95% CI, 3.69 - 20.98), dementia (OR, 6.85; 95% CI, 2.1 - 22.33) and dyslipidemia (OR, 5.07; 95% CI, 1.92 - 13.44). Forty four percent of the patients with dyslipidemia died vs. 20.8% of patients without this condition.

In our study dyslipidemia shows as a long-term negative prognostic marker for survival in patients with EP.