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
- end stage renal disease
- oxidative stress
- coronavirus disease
- contrast enhanced
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- sars cov
- high resolution
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- multiple sclerosis
- early onset
- cross sectional
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported