Reduced exercise capacity, chronotropic incompetence, and early systemic inflammation in cardiopulmonary phenotype Long COVID.

Matthew S DurstenfeldMichael J PelusoPunita KavetiChristopher HillDanny LiErica SanderShreya SwaminathanVictor M ArechigaScott LuSarah A GoldbergRebecca HohAhmed ChennaBrandon C YeeJohn W WinslowChristos J PetropoulosJ Daniel KellyDavid V GliddenTimothy J HenrichJeffrey N MartinYoo Jin LeeMandar A ArasCarlin S LongDonald J GrandisSteven G DeeksPriscilla Y Hsue

Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2023)

Cardiopulmonary symptoms >1 year following COVID-19 were associated with reduced exercise capacity, which was associated with elevated inflammatory markers early in PASC. Chronotropic incompetence may explain exercise intolerance among some with cardiopulmonary Long COVID.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
high intensity
physical activity
resistance training
respiratory syndrome coronavirus