Version July 2025
| Frequency | |
| Symptom* | |
| Dyspnea (at rest or with exertion; often sudden in onset) | 73% |
| Pleuritic chest pain | 66% |
| Cough | 37% |
| Leg pain (due to concomitant deep venous thrombosis) <40% | <40% |
| Hemoptysis | <15% |
| Syncope/presyncope | <10% |
| Orthopnea | <10% |
| Wheeze | <10% |
| Hoarseness (due to dilated pulmonary artery) | <1% |
| Sign | |
| Tachypnea | 70% |
| Rales | 51% |
| Leg swelling (due to concomitant deep venous thrombosis) | 44% |
| Sinus tachycardia; other tachyarrythmias (eg, atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia) are less common | 30% |
| Hypoxia/low oxygen saturation | 30% |
| Fourth heart sound | 24% |
| Accentuated pulmonic component of second heart sound | 23% |
| Circulatory collapse | 8% |
PE: pulmonary embolism.
* Some patients (even with large PE) have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic.