DOI: 10.1148/radiol.261153 ISSN: 0033-8419

Five-year Quantitative Chest CT and Hyperpolarized Xenon 129 Ventilation MRI Findings in Survivors of COVID-19 Pneumonia

Xiaoyu Han, Yiwan Guo, Wenliang Fan, Zhuang Nie, Ruiyao Tang, Yingqi Luo, Qiuyue Li, Fan Pu, Yanqiao Ren, Wenjuan Tang, Hongying Wu, Yimeng He, Yuting Zheng, Licheng Zhu, Lijie Zhang, Qinyue Luo, Lei Chen, Shiqi Li, Heshui Shi, Qun Yu, Chuansheng Zheng, Fan Yang

Five years after COVID-19 pneumonia, some survivors showed persistent respiratory symptoms, abnormal diffusion capacity, and ventilation defects, with stabilization of pulmonary function and chest CT abnormalities between 2 and 5 years.