Post-COVID Syndrome and Cardiorespiratory Fitness-26-Month Experience of Single Center
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F65269705%3A_____%2F23%3A00077893" target="_blank" >RIV/65269705:_____/23:00077893 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14110/23:00130752 RIV/00098892:_____/23:10157927 RIV/61989592:15110/23:73619214
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/3/684" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/3/684</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13030684" target="_blank" >10.3390/life13030684</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Post-COVID Syndrome and Cardiorespiratory Fitness-26-Month Experience of Single Center
Original language description
Introduction: Persistent post-COVID syndrome, also referred to as long COVID, is a pathologic entity that involves persistent physical, medical, and cognitive sequelae following COVID-19. Decreased fitness has repeatedly been reported in numerous studies dealing with post-COVID syndrome, however, it is still not fully clear which groups of patients may be more susceptible for persisting symptoms. Aim: The aim of our study was to evaluate the number of post-COVID patients with cardiac symptoms, where these patients were evaluated by CPET and the results compared with a control group of patients. Methods: Follow-up of patients in post-COVID outpatient clinic from 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2022. Inclusion criteria were positive PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 and age 18-100. The initial examination was performed 4-12 weeks after the disease onset. All patients with possible cardiac symptoms had completed cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The control group was randomly selected from a database of clients in 2019, with the preventive reason for evaluation. Results: From 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2022, 2732 patients (45.7% males) were evaluated with a mean age of 54.6 +/- 14.7. CPET was indicated only in 97 patients (3.5%). Seventy-four patients (26 male) achieved the exercise maximum and a comparison were made with a control group (same age (p = 0.801), BMI (p = 0.721), and sex ratio). No significant dependence between the parameter VO2 max mL/kg/min and post-COVID disability was demonstrated (p = 0.412). Spearman's correlation analysis did not show a significant relationship between the parameter VO2 max mL/kg/min and the severity of COVID-19 (p = 0.285). Conclusions: Cardiac symptoms occurred in only a small percentage of patients in our study. There is a need for further studies that would objectively evaluate the effect of COVID-19 disease on the patient's health.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10606 - Microbiology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/NU22-A-105" target="_blank" >NU22-A-105: Predicitve biomarkers of therapeutic response on COVID-19 therapy</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Life-Basel
ISSN
2075-1729
e-ISSN
2075-1729
Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
684
UT code for WoS article
000958163800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85151385565