Post-COVID Syndrome and Cardiorespiratory Fitness-26-Month Experience of Single Center

SOVA, Milan, Eliska SOVOVA, Jaromir OZANA, Katarina MORAVCOVA, Marketa SOVOVA, Libor JELINEK, Jan MIZERA a Samuel GENZOR. Post-COVID Syndrome and Cardiorespiratory Fitness-26-Month Experience of Single Center. LIFE-BASEL. BASEL: MDPI, 2023, roč. 13, č. 3, s. 1-11. ISSN 2075-1729. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13030684.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Post-COVID Syndrome and Cardiorespiratory Fitness-26-Month Experience of Single Center
• Autoři: SOVA, Milan (203 Česká republika, domácí), Eliska SOVOVA (203 Česká republika), Jaromir OZANA (203 Česká republika), Katarina MORAVCOVA (203 Česká republika), Marketa SOVOVA (203 Česká republika), Libor JELINEK (203 Česká republika), Jan MIZERA (203 Česká republika) a Samuel GENZOR (203 Česká republika, garant).
• Vydání: LIFE-BASEL, BASEL, MDPI, 2023, 2075-1729.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 30203 Respiratory systems
• Stát vydavatele: Švýcarsko
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: URL
• Impakt faktor: Impact factor: 3.200 v roce 2022
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14110/23:00130752
• Organizační jednotka: Lékařská fakulta
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13030684
• UT WoS: 000958163800001
• Klíčová slova anglicky: post-COVID syndrome; cardiopulmonary exercise testing
• Štítky: 14110215, rivok
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

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.