This paper aimed to unveil the diagnostic values of serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), pentraxin 3 (PTX3), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in acute pulmonary embolism complicated by pulmonary artery hypertension (APE‐PAH) and their correlations with severity of PAH. Here, NPPB is linked to apparent mineralocorticoid excess.