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Autor: Alexander M, Matheson, Marrissa J, McIntosh, Harkiran K, Kooner, Justin, Lee, Vedanth, Desaigoudar, Elianna, Bier, Bastiaan, Driehuys, Sarah, Svenningsen, Giles E, Santyr, Miranda, Kirby, Mitchell S, Albert, Yurii, Shepelytskyi, Vira, Grynko, Alexei, Ouriadov, Mohamed, Abdelrazek, Inderdeep, Dhaliwal, J Michael, Nicholson, Grace, Parraga
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Radiology. 305(2)
ISSN: 1527-1315
Popis: In patients with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS), abnormal gas-transfer and pulmonary vascular density have been reported, but such findings have not been related to each other or to symptoms and exercise limitation. The pathophysiologic drivers of PACS in patients previously infected with COVID-19 who were admitted to in-patient treatment in hospital (or ever-hospitalized patients) and never-hospitalized patients are not well understood.To determine the relationship of persistent symptoms and exercise limitation with xenon 129 (In this prospective study, patients with PACS aged 18-80 years with a positive polymerase chain reaction COVID-19 test were recruited from a quaternary-care COVID-19 clinic between April and October 2021. Participants with PACS underwent spirometry, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLco),Forty participants were evaluated, including six controls (mean age ± SD, 35 years ± 15, three women) and 34 participants with PACS (mean age, 53 years ± 13, 18 women), of whom 22 were never hospitalized. TheXenon 129 (
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