Barrios, DeisyRosa-Salazar, VladimirJimenez, DavidMorillo, RaquelMuriel, Alfonsodel Toro, JorgeLopez-Jimenez, LucianoFarge-Bancel, DominiqueYusen, RogerMonreal, ManuelRIETE Investigators2023-02-122023-02-122016-11-010903-1936http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19114There is a lack of comprehensive data on the prevalence, predictors and prognostic significance of right heart thrombi (RHT) in pulmonary embolism.In this study of patients with pulmonary embolism from the Registro Informatizado de la Enfermedad TromboEmbolica (RIETE) registry, we assessed the prevalence and predictors of RHT, and the association between the presence of RHT and the outcomes of ail-cause mortality, pulmonary embolism-related mortality, recurrences, and major bleeding through 30 days after initiation of pulmonary embolism treatment.Of 12441 patients with pulmonary embolism and baseline echocardiographic data, 2.6% had RHT. The following increased the risk of RHT: younger age, previous bleeding, congestive heart failure, cancer, syncope, systolic blood pressureenVenous thromboembolismDiagnosisManagementOutcomesTherapyIndexresearch articleopen access10.1183/13993003.01044-20161399-3003https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/erj/48/5/1377.full.pdf390973800017