Long-term comprehensive cardiopulmonary phenotyping of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persistent symptoms after initial COVID-19 infection are common and are frequently referred to by the umbrella terms "post-COVID syndrome" and "long COVID". The sheer number of affected patients pose an increasing challenge to healthcare systems worldwide. To date, our understanding of the pathophysiology of the post-COVID syndrome remains poor and the extent to which persistent cardiopulmonary abnormalities contribute to the symptom complex is unclear. We sought to determine the presence and impact of cardiopulmonary sequelae after COVID-19 in longitudinal assessment.

Methods

We report on 71 patients who underwent comprehensive, longitudinal testing in regular intervals for up to 12 months after their initial COVID-19 diagnosis. Testing included pulmonary functio

SUBMITTER: Kimmig LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9491263 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature