Sabina Sahanic, Piotr Tymoszuk, Anna K Luger, Katharina Hüfner, Anna Boehm, Alex Pizzini, Christoph Schwabl, Sabine Koppelstätter, Katharina Kurz, Malte Asshoff, Birgit Mosheimer-Feistritzer, Maximilian Coen, Bernhard Pfeifer, Verena Rass, Alexander Egger, Gregor Hörmann, Barbara Sperner-Unterweger, Raimund Helbok, Ewald Wöll, Günter Weiss, Gerlig Widmann, Ivan Tancevski, Thomas Sonnweber, Judith Löffler-Ragg
BACKGROUND: Recovery trajectories from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) call for longitudinal investigation. We aimed to characterise the kinetics and status of clinical, cardiopulmonary and mental health recovery up to 1 year following COVID-19. METHODS: Clinical evaluation, lung function testing (LFT), chest computed tomography (CT) and transthoracic echocardiography were conducted at 2, 3, 6 and 12 months after disease onset. Submaximal exercise capacity, mental health status and quality of life were assessed at 12 months...
March 2023: ERJ Open Research