The metabolic and physiologic impairments underlying long COVID associated exercise intolerance
Leitner B, Joseph P, Quast A, Ramirez M, Heerdt P, Villalobos J, Singh I. The metabolic and physiologic impairments underlying long COVID associated exercise intolerance. Pulmonary Circulation 2024, 14: e70009. PMID: 39544193, PMCID: PMC11560803, DOI: 10.1002/pul2.70009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeak VO<sub>2</sub>Long COVID patientsCOVID patientsReduced peak VOSeverity of SARS-CoV-2 infectionSystemic oxygen extractionSARS-CoV-2 infectionLong COVIDArterial blood samplesQuantitative metabolomicsPeak VOVenous lactateCardiac outputImpaired mitochondrial ATP productionMild infectionExercise capacityPatientsMitochondrial ATP productionExercise intoleranceArteriovenous gradientBlood samplesOxygen extractionDependent mannerMetabolomicsPhysiological impairment