Dyspnea after pulmonary embolism: a nation‐wide population‐based case–control study

Dyspnea is common after a pulmonary embolism. Often, but not always, the dyspnea can be explained by pre‐existing comorbidities, and only rarely by chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). CTEPH is probably the extreme manifestation of a far more common condition, called the post‐pulmonary embolism syndrome. The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the prevalence and predictors of dyspnea among Swedish patients...