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Comment
. 2021 Jan 28;57(1):2004265.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.04265-2020. Print 2021 Jan.

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing might be helpful for interpretation of impaired pulmonary function in recovered COVID-19 patients

Yi Gao  1   2 , Ruchong Chen  1   2 , Qian Geng  1 , Xiaoneng Mo  3 , Chen Zhan  1 , Wenhua Jian  1 , Shiyue Li  1   4 , Jinping Zheng  1   4
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing might be helpful for interpretation of impaired pulmonary function in recovered COVID-19 patients

Yi Gao et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Besides the impaired lung diffusion capacity, impairment of exercise endurance in recovered patients with COVID-19 should also be considered https://bit.ly/3qrzPDY

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Conflict of interest: Y. Gao has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Chen has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Q. Geng has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: X. Mo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C. Zhan has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: W. Jian has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Li has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Zheng has nothing to disclose.

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