Quality of Life in Long-term Survivors of Acute Pulmonary Embolism.

The article discusses the conducted study to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of patients with a history of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). QoL refers on the effect of a disease, as well as its treatment on the physical, psychologic and social function and well being of the patients. In the study, univariate analysis and linear regression analysis were used to analyze and identify the independent determinants of QoL.