Quantitative muscle magnetic resonance imaging depicts microstructural abnormalities but no signs of inflammation or dystrophy in post-COVID-19 condition.
Elena K Enax-KrumovaJohannes ForstingMarlena RohmPeter SchwenkreisMartin TegenthoffChristine H Meyer-FrießemLara SchlaffkePublished in: European journal of neurology (2023)
Quantitative muscle MRI did not depict any signs of ongoing inflammation or dystrophic process in the skeletal muscles in PCC patients. However, differences observed in muscle DTI depict microstructural abnormalities, which may reflect potentially reversible fiber hypotrophy due to deconditioning. Further longitudinal and interventional studies should prove this hypothesis.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- skeletal muscle
- white matter
- oxidative stress
- end stage renal disease
- coronavirus disease
- contrast enhanced
- ejection fraction
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- high resolution
- chronic kidney disease
- computed tomography
- early onset
- prognostic factors
- cross sectional
- multiple sclerosis
- patient reported outcomes
- mass spectrometry
- patient reported