

Stephen O'Connor
910 posts

@stepoco
Interventional Cardiologist at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. Interests: Transcatheter valvular and complex coronary interventions and music.
































Introducing the #INCAaward24 shortlist, @NormaCaples Best of luck!💌

Leaky blood-brain barrier in long-COVID associated brain fog This study confirms everything I have seen in the microscope over the last few years. They use a technique called dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI), an imaging technique that can measure the density, integrity, and leakiness of tissue vasculature. Comparing all individuals with previous COVID infection to unaffected controls revealed decreased general brain volume in patients with brain fog along with significantly reduced cerebral white matter volume in both hemispheres in the recovered and brain fog cohorts #Covid_19 induces brain volume loss and leaky blood-brain barrier in some patients. How can this be more clear? Source: nature.com/articles/s4159… and nature.com/articles/s4159…

Was at the 20th annual @stjamesdublin & @tcddublin Live Cardiology Meeting this morning. ‘Live’ refers to the fact that participants see live operations as well as discuss advances and techniques. A real learning opportunity for staff & students thanks to Andrew Maree and team 👏




