Dyslipidemia as a long-term marker for survival in pulmonary embolism [Dislipidemia como um marcador de longo prazo para a sobrevivência na embolia pulmonar]

Objectives: to analyse survival rate after 24 months in consecutive patients with a diagnosis of pe as well as associated factors. methods: prospective cohort study during a follow-up period of two years in a series of consecutive patients with pe. results: 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. conclusions: in our study dyslipidemia shows as a long-term negative prognostic marker for survival in patients with ep. © 2011 sociedade portuguesa de pneumologia. published by elsevier españa,s.l. all rights reserved.