Complications

Complications of a pulmonary embolism can be

Right heart failure (right – heart failure) due to overload of the right heart can develop life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmia, especially with high-grade pulmonary embolisms recurrent small pulmonary embolisms lead to creeping right heart failure (right – heart failure) with an equally unfavorable prognosis More information on this topic can also be found at Heart failure
Overloading the right heart can lead to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, especially in the case of high-grade pulmonary embolism
Recurrent small pulmonary embolisms lead to a creeping right heart failure (right heart failure) with an equally unfavorable prognosis
You can also find more information on this topic at Heart failure
Pleuritis (inflammation of the pleura) due to poor blood circulation
Death (necrosis) of the part of the lung that is not supplied with blood (lung infarction) – this can result in a bloody cough
Pneumonia (pneumonia)
Overloading the right heart can lead to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, especially in the case of high-grade pulmonary embolism
Recurrent small pulmonary embolisms lead to a creeping right heart failure (right heart failure) with an equally unfavorable prognosis
You can also find more information on this topic at Heart failure

A possible complication of pulmonary embolism is pneumonia. It often develops in areas of the lung that have at least partially died due to the vessel occlusion – so-called pulmonary infarctions. Pulmonary infarctions and pneumonia are not common in pulmonary embolisms.

They are sometimes difficult to detect because they can manifest themselves very much like a pulmonary embolism. Indications that pneumonia is present in addition to the embolism are, for example, yellow, purulent sputum, long-standing high fever and greatly increased inflammation values in the blood. As a rule, pneumonia significantly worsens the patient’s condition, delays recovery or even leads to death.