PRECEDENT AND INCIDENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED MORTALITY IN PULMONARY EMBOLISM: FINDINGS FROM A MULTINATIONAL COHORT STUDY

Atrial fibrillation (AF) may occur prior to or early in the course of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). The impact of AF on outcomes of patients with PE remains uncertain. We used the data from RIETE, a multinational registry of patients with objectively-confirmed venous thromboembolism and identified