Piergiuseppe Agostoni, Massimo Mapelli, Elisabetta Salvioni, Irene Mattavelli, Cristina Banfi, Alice Bonomi, Maria Luisa Biondi, Sara Rovai, Gloria Tamborini, Manuela Muratori, Sarah Ghulam Ali, Stefania Ghilardi, Fabiana De Martino, Carlo Vignati, Pietro Palermo, Paola Gugliandolo, Davide Elia, Federica Moscucci, Roberto Cassandro, Daniele Andreini, Elisabetta Mancini, Sergio Harari
BACKGROUND: Post COVID-19 syndrome is characterized by several cardiorespiratory symptoms but the origin of patients' reported symptomatology is still unclear. METHODS: Consecutive post COVID-19 patients were included. Patients underwent full clinical evaluation, symptoms dedicated questionnaires, blood tests, echocardiography, thoracic computer tomography (CT), spirometry including alveolar capillary membrane diffusion (DM) and capillary volume (Vcap) assessment by combined carbon dioxide and nitric oxide lung diffusion (DLCO/DLNO) and cardiopulmonary exercise test...
February 8, 2024: Respiratory Research