Long COVID Syndrome, Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 From 16 Countries: The World Heart Federation Global COVID-19 Study
By: Karen Sliwa, Kavita Singh, Kalyani Nikhare, Dimple Kondal, Lana Raspail, Meetushi Jain, Shahin Akter, Shamim Hayder Talukder, Toru Kato, Silvia Bertagnolio, Jamie Rylance, Amitava Banerjee, Jagat Narula, Daniel Pineiro, Pablo Perel, Dorairaj Prabhakaran and The WHF COVID-19 Long Study Collaboration
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1452 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 22, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 16, 2025
Published on: Aug 1, 2025
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