Nitric oxide-mediated cutaneous microvascular function is not altered in middle-aged-to-older adults following mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: A pilot study.

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Original Publication: [Malden MA] : published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the American Physiological Society and The Physiological Society, 2013-

Nitric Oxide* ; COVID-19*; Middle Aged ; Humans ; Aged ; Pilot Projects ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Skin/blood supply ; Vasodilation/physiology ; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester ; Microdialysis ; Regional Blood Flow

We tested the hypothesis that post-COVID-19 adults (PC) would have impaired cutaneous nitric oxide (NO)-mediated vasodilation compared to controls (CON). We performed a cross-sectional study including 10 (10 F/0 M, 69 ± 7 years) CON and 7 (2 F/5 M, 66 ± 8 years) PC (223 ± 154 days post-diagnosis). COVID-19 symptoms severity (survey) was assessed (0-100 scale for 18 common symptoms). NO-dependent cutaneous vasodilation was induced by a standardized 42°C local heating protocol and quantified via perfusion of 15 mM NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester during the plateau of the heating response (intradermal microdialysis). Red blood cell flux was measured with laser-Doppler flowmetry. Cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC = flux/mm Hg) was presented as a percentage of maximum (28 mM sodium nitroprusside +43°C). All data are means ± SD. The local heating plateau (CON: 71 ± 23% CVC max vs. PC: 81 ± 16% CVC max , p = 0.77) and NO-dependent vasodilation (CON: 56 ± 23% vs. PC: 60 ± 22%, p = 0.77) were not different between groups. In the PC group neither time since diagnosis nor peak symptom severity (46 ± 18 AU) correlated with NO-dependent vasodilation (r < 0.01, p = 0.99 and r = 0.42, p = 0.35, respectively). In conclusion, middle-aged and older adults who have had COVID-19 did not have impaired NO-dependent cutaneous vasodilation. Additionally, in this cohort of PC, neither time since diagnosis nor symptomology were related to microvascular function.
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Date Created: 20230603 Date Completed: 20230605 Latest Revision: 20230615

20230615

PMC10238857

10.14814/phy2.15704

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