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Population studies have also demonstrated an increased risk of incident diabetes and cardiovascular disease at 12\u2009months following infection. While imaging studies have identified multi-organ injury patterns in patients with recovered COVID-19, their respective contributions to the disability and morbidity of long COVID is unclear.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A multicenter, observational study of 215 vaccine-na\u00efve patients with clinically recovered COVID-19, studied at 3\u20136\u2009months following infection, and 133 healthy volunteers without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients with recovered COVID-19 were screened for long COVID related symptoms and their impact on daily living. Multi-organ, multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and circulating biomarkers were acquired to document sub-clinical organ pathology. All participants underwent pulmonary function, aerobic endurance (6\u2009min walk test), cognition testing and olfaction assessment. Clinical outcomes were collected up to 1\u2009year from infection. The primary objective of this study is to identify associations between organ injury and disability in patients with long-COVID symptoms in comparison to controls. As a secondary objective, imaging and circulating biomarkers with the potential to exacerbate cardiovascular health were characterized.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Long-term sequelae of COVID-19 are common and can result in significant disability and cardiometabolic disease. The overall goal of this project is to identify novel targets for the treatment of long COVID including mitigating the risk of incident cardiovascular disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Study registration<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:ext-link>clinicaltrials.gov<\/jats:ext-link> (MOIST late cross-sectional study; NCT04525404).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2024.1392169","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,24]],"date-time":"2024-07-24T04:44:41Z","timestamp":1721796281000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Rationale and design of the multi organ inflammation with serial testing study: a comprehensive assessment of functional and structural abnormalities in patients with recovered COVID-19"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"D. 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