Association found between respiratory symptoms and restrictive lung disease in post-COVID patients, indicating need for follow-up care.
It seems that a significant proportion of patients with respiratory symptoms related to post-COVID-19 condition demonstrate residual lung abnormalities on chest CT at 12 months of follow-up, with a substantial prevalence of fibrosis-like findings. Such abnormalities are associated with restrictive lung disease.
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