Patients with signs of interstitial lung disease at 12 weeks after hospitalisation due to COVID-19 underwent 1H and 129Xe MRI. 129Xe MRI showed impaired xenon gas transfer (RBC:M and RBC:gas) at 24 and 52 weeks after hospital admission, with no longitudinal change between 24 and 52 weeks observed in 129Xe MRI metrics or PFT transfer factor. Xenon MRI metrics correlated significantly with PFT transfer factor at 24 weeks (RBC:M, RBC:gas, LmD) and 52 weeks (RBC:M, RBC:gas, LmD).
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