PESIT trial investigator Dr. Paolo Prandoni of the University of Padua told Reuters Health, “The difference in the study designs is enormous. This study shares the same limitations of the studies published before the Italian PESIT study, making it unsuitable for any attempts to establish the true prevalence of PE in patients hospitalized for their first episode of syncope.”
The study had no commercial funding and the authors have no relevant disclosures.
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