Cargando…
Cerebral Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Color Doppler and Breath-Holding Test in Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection
From the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic, it was clear that the virus is highly neurotrophic. Neurological manifestations can range from nonspecific symptoms such as dizziness, headaches and olfactory disturbances to severe forms of neurological dysfunction. Some neurological complication...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8148160/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34066352 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11050379 |
_version_ | 1783697791722192896 |
---|---|
author | Marcic, Marino Marcic, Ljiljana Marcic, Barbara Capkun, Vesna Vukojevic, Katarina |
author_facet | Marcic, Marino Marcic, Ljiljana Marcic, Barbara Capkun, Vesna Vukojevic, Katarina |
author_sort | Marcic, Marino |
collection | PubMed |
description | From the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic, it was clear that the virus is highly neurotrophic. Neurological manifestations can range from nonspecific symptoms such as dizziness, headaches and olfactory disturbances to severe forms of neurological dysfunction. Some neurological complication can occur even after mild forms of respiratory disease. This study’s aims were to assess cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with nonspecific neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection. A total of 25 patients, aged 33–62 years, who had nonspecific neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as 25 healthy participants in the control group, were assessed for cerebrovascular reactivity according to transcranial color Doppler (TCCD) which we combined with a breath-holding test (BHT). In subjects after SARS-CoV-2 infection, there were statistically significantly lower flow velocities through the middle cerebral artery at rest period, lower maximum velocities at the end of the breath-holding period and lower breath holding index (BHI) in relation to the control group. Changes in cerebral artery flow rate velocities indicate poor cerebral vasoreactivity in the group after SARS-CoV-2 infection in regard to the control group and suggest vascular endothelial damage by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8148160 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-81481602021-05-26 Cerebral Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Color Doppler and Breath-Holding Test in Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection Marcic, Marino Marcic, Ljiljana Marcic, Barbara Capkun, Vesna Vukojevic, Katarina J Pers Med Article From the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic, it was clear that the virus is highly neurotrophic. Neurological manifestations can range from nonspecific symptoms such as dizziness, headaches and olfactory disturbances to severe forms of neurological dysfunction. Some neurological complication can occur even after mild forms of respiratory disease. This study’s aims were to assess cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with nonspecific neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection. A total of 25 patients, aged 33–62 years, who had nonspecific neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as 25 healthy participants in the control group, were assessed for cerebrovascular reactivity according to transcranial color Doppler (TCCD) which we combined with a breath-holding test (BHT). In subjects after SARS-CoV-2 infection, there were statistically significantly lower flow velocities through the middle cerebral artery at rest period, lower maximum velocities at the end of the breath-holding period and lower breath holding index (BHI) in relation to the control group. Changes in cerebral artery flow rate velocities indicate poor cerebral vasoreactivity in the group after SARS-CoV-2 infection in regard to the control group and suggest vascular endothelial damage by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. MDPI 2021-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8148160/ /pubmed/34066352 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11050379 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Marcic, Marino Marcic, Ljiljana Marcic, Barbara Capkun, Vesna Vukojevic, Katarina Cerebral Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Color Doppler and Breath-Holding Test in Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
title | Cerebral Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Color Doppler and Breath-Holding Test in Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
title_full | Cerebral Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Color Doppler and Breath-Holding Test in Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
title_fullStr | Cerebral Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Color Doppler and Breath-Holding Test in Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Cerebral Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Color Doppler and Breath-Holding Test in Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
title_short | Cerebral Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Color Doppler and Breath-Holding Test in Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
title_sort | cerebral vasoreactivity evaluated by transcranial color doppler and breath-holding test in patients after sars-cov-2 infection |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8148160/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34066352 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11050379 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT marcicmarino cerebralvasoreactivityevaluatedbytranscranialcolordopplerandbreathholdingtestinpatientsaftersarscov2infection AT marcicljiljana cerebralvasoreactivityevaluatedbytranscranialcolordopplerandbreathholdingtestinpatientsaftersarscov2infection AT marcicbarbara cerebralvasoreactivityevaluatedbytranscranialcolordopplerandbreathholdingtestinpatientsaftersarscov2infection AT capkunvesna cerebralvasoreactivityevaluatedbytranscranialcolordopplerandbreathholdingtestinpatientsaftersarscov2infection AT vukojevickatarina cerebralvasoreactivityevaluatedbytranscranialcolordopplerandbreathholdingtestinpatientsaftersarscov2infection |