Cardiopulmonary recovery after COVID-19: an observational prospective multicentre trial.
Thomas SonnweberSabina SahanicAlex PizziniAnna LugerChristoph SchwablBettina SonnweberKatharina KurzSabine KoppelstätterDavid HaschkaVerena PetzerAnna BoehmMagdalena AichnerPiotr TymoszukDaniela LenerMarkus TheurlAlmut Lorsbach-KöhlerAmra TancevskiAnna SchapflMarc SchaberRichard HilbeManfred NairzBernhard PuchnerDoris HüttenbergerChristoph TschurtschenthalerMalte AßhoffAndreas PeerFrank HartigRomuald BellmannMichael JoannidisCan Gollmann-TepeköylüJohannes HolfeldGudrun Maria FeuchtnerAlexander EggerGregor HoermannAndrea SchrollGernot FritscheSophie WildnerRosa Bellmann-WeilerRudolf KirchmairRaimund HelbokHelmut ProschDietmar RiederZlatko TrajanoskiFlorian KronenbergEwald WöllGuenter WeissGerlig WidmannJudith Löffler-RaggPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2021)
A relevant percentage of post-COVID-19 patients presented with persisting symptoms and lung function impairment along with radiological pulmonary abnormalities >100 days after the diagnosis of COVID-19. However, our results indicate a significant improvement in symptoms and cardiopulmonary status over time.