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Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 300 patients admitted with acute PE confirmed by computed tomography pulmonary angiography between January 2022 and December 2024. Patients were stratified according to the presence of syncope at admission. Clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic findings and outcomes were compared. Logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors of in-hospital mortality. The present study is a single-center, retrospective analysis. Results: Syncope occurred in 48 patients (16%). Compared with those without syncope, these patients had higher rates of right ventricular dysfunction (68.7% vs. 32.5%, p = 0.002), elevated troponin (75% vs. 44%, p = 0.01), hypotension (29% vs. 8%, p &lt; 0.001), Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission (56% vs. 22%, p &lt; 0.001), and thrombolysis (19% vs. 8%, p = 0.03). In-hospital mortality was markedly higher in the syncope group (37.5% vs. 7.1%, p &lt; 0.001). Multivariate analysis confirmed syncope as an independent predictor of mortality (OR 4.2, 95% CI 2.1\u20138.4, p &lt; 0.001), alongside right ventricular dysfunction and elevated troponin. Conclusions: Syncope at presentation is a simple but powerful clinical marker of high-risk PE and should prompt intensive monitoring and consideration of early reperfusion therapy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/life15091437","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,15]],"date-time":"2025-09-15T07:56:51Z","timestamp":1757923011000},"page":"1437","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Syncope and In-Hospital Mortality in Pulmonary Embolism: Insights from 300 Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-0855-938X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Corina","family":"Cinezan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410073 Oradea, Romania"},{"name":"Clinical County Emergency Hospital Bihor, 410169 Oradea, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-9229-2656","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Camelia Bianca","family":"Rus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410073 Oradea, Romania"},{"name":"Clinical County Emergency Hospital Bihor, 410169 Oradea, Romania"},{"name":"Doctoral School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"543","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehz405","article-title":"2019 ESC Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Developed in Collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS)","volume":"41","author":"Konstantinides","year":"2020","journal-title":"Eur. 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