Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics (n = 102)

Characteristic	n (%) or median (range)
Age, years	63 (26–93)
Female gender	40 (39)
Obesity*	13 (13)
Active cancer	10 (10)
Cardiopulmonary comorbidity†	13 (13)
History of venous thromboembolism	18 (18)
Central pulmonary embolism	10 (10)
Time since pulmonary embolism (months)	15 (5–23)

*Body mass index >30 kg/m².

^†Any cardiac disease with systolic or diastolic ventricular dysfunction or any obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease.