Postmortem brain 7T MRI with minimally invasive pathological correlation in deceased COVID-19 subjects.
Maria da Graça Morais MartinVitor Ribeiro PaesEllison Fernando CardosoCarlos Eduardo Borges Passos NetoCristina Takami KanamuraClaudia da Costa LeiteMaria Concepcion Garcia OtaduyRenata Aparecida de Almeida MonteiroThais MauadLuiz Fernando Ferraz da SilvaLuiz Henrique Martins CastroPaulo Hilario Nascimento SaldivaMarisa DolhnikoffAmaro Nunes Duarte-NetoPublished in: Insights into imaging (2022)
Despite limited sampling, MIA was an effective tool to evaluate underlying pathological brain changes in deceased COVID-19 patients. Imaging findings were varied, and pathological features corroborated signs of hypoxia, alterations related to systemic critically ill and SARS-CoV-2 brain invasion.