Abstract #4213

Sodium MRI allows detecting an enhanced sodium concentration in muscles of volunteers following a high salt diet

Bastien Milani^1,2, Nicolas Loncle¹, Wendy Brito¹, Michel Burnier¹, and Menno Pruijm¹

¹Service of Nephrology and Hypertension, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM), Lausanne, Switzerland

The presented study shows by the mean of sodium MRI that the sodium content of the leg muscles of healthy volunteers is higher when following a high salt diet than when following a low salt diet. To our knowledge, this is the first study reporting that fact.

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