Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism.

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and coronavirus disease -2019 (COVID-19) are life-threatening diseases associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Yet little is known about their co-existence.This study explored clinical and laboratory differences between PE patients who tested positive with real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR+) and those who tested negative (PCR-) for SARS-CoV-2.