claim: covid-19 causes long-term lung and heart damage but it may improve with time
evidence_1: coronavirus patients recover faster if they undergo rehabilitation as soon as possible after coming off ventilators or leaving intensive care covid-19 patients can suffer long-term lung and heart damage but, for many, this tends to improve over time, according to the first, prospective follow-up of patients infected with the coronavirus, presented at the european respiratory society international congress.", "and nearly six in ten patients had heart problems after six weeks, although this may be only indirectly linked to covid-19, a sign of the severity of the disease in general.", 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "covid-19 patients can suffer long-term lung and heart damage but, for many, this tends to improve over time, according to austrian scientists.", "dr sahanic's presentation is important because it is one of the first, comprehensive prospective follow-ups of these patients and shows the serious, long-term impact of covid-19 on the lungs and heart.", "\"the bad news is that people show lung impairment from covid-19 weeks after discharge; the good news is that the impairment tends to ameliorate over time, which suggests the lungs have a mechanism for repairing themselves,\" said dr sabina sahanic, who is a clinical phd student at the university clinic in innsbruck and part of the team that carried out the study, which includes associate professor ivan tancevski, professor judith löffler-ragg and dr thomas sonnweber in innsbruck."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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