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S.B. received lecture/consultancy fees from Bayer HealthCare, Concept Medical, BTG Pharmaceuticals, INARI, Boston Scientific, and LEO Pharma; institutional grants from Boston Scientific, Bentley, Bayer HealthCare, INARI, Medtronic, Concept Medical, Bard, and Sanofi; and economic support for travel and congress costs from Daiichi Sankyo, BTG Pharmaceuticals, and Bayer HealthCare, outside the submitted work. L.H. received lecture/consultancy fees from Merck Sharp & Dohme and Actelion, outside the submitted work. G.G. reports lecture/consultancy fees from Bayer HealthCare, Pfizer, and LEO Pharma. S.V.K. reports institutional grants and personal lecture/advisory fees from Bayer AG, Daiichi Sankyo, and Boston Scientific; institutional grants from Inari Medical; and personal lecture/advisory fees from Merck Sharp & Dohme and Bristol Myers Squibb/Pfizer. The remaining authors report no conflict of interest.
The authors declare no funding for this study.
Cite this article as: Farmakis IT, Barco S, Hobohm L, et al. Maternal mortality related to pulmonary embolism in the United States, 2003–2020. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2022;XX:x.ex–x.ex.
