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Editorial
. 2021 Aug 26;58(2):2101763.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01763-2021. Print 2021 Aug.

Phenotyping long COVID

Robert Naeije  1 , Sergio Caravita  2   3
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Editorial

Phenotyping long COVID

Robert Naeije et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Patients who recover from an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection often present with persistent symptoms lasting for months. The cardiopulmonary exercise test profile of those with “long COVID” is suggestive of deconditioning with a tendency to hyperventilation. https://bit.ly/3y8n0Bt

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Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.

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