A respiratory specialist took to Twitter last week to share the case of her formerly fit and healthy patient who was left “walking around” with extensive pulmonary emboli and right heart strain after a mild COVID-19 infection.

UK-based Dr Binita Kane shared the patient’s story, with his permission, to question whether the current management of long COVID was sufficient, or if more should be done to identify the known vascular and thrombotic complications of COVID-19.

In her tweet, the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust doctor explained her patient was 52, “very fit” and a previous marathon runner.

He had suspected mild COVID-19 in March 2020 and was investigated by cardiologists after he experienced chest pain and dizziness and struggled to exercise.