Combined Brain-Heart Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Patients with Cardiac Symptoms: Hypothesis Generating Insights from a Cross-sectional Study.

George Markousis-MavrogenisDimos D MitsikostasLoukia KoutsogeorgopoulouTheodoros DimitroulasGkikas KatsifisPanayiotis ArgyriouDimitrios ApostolouStella VelitsistaVasiliki VartelaDionysia ManolopoulouMaria G TektonidouGenovefa KolovouGeorge D KitasPetros P SfikakisSophie I Mavrogeni

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2020)

Subclinical brain involvement was highly prevalent in this cohort of ARD patients and was mostly independent of the severity of cardiac involvement. However, further research is required to determine the clinical relevance of these findings.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
resting state
left ventricular
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
heart failure
rheumatoid arthritis
multiple sclerosis
peritoneal dialysis
functional connectivity
prognostic factors
cerebral ischemia
risk factors
patient reported outcomes
brain injury
drug induced