High-resolution ultrasound changes of the vagus nerve in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD): a possible additional index of disease.

Ferdinando SartucciT BocciM SantinP BongioanniG Orlandi

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)

Our findings provide evidence of atrophy of the VNs in IPD patients by HRUS. Moreover, HRUS of the VN represent a non-invasive easy imaging modality of screening in IPD patients independent of disease stage and duration and an interesting possible additional index of disease.

Keyphrases

high resolution
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance imaging
mass spectrometry
patient reported outcomes
patient reported
ultrasound guided