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…encompassing a range of severe conditions such as sudden cardiac death during exercise, coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, acute inferior myocardial infarction, and acute myocarditis.
Crucially, electron microscopy revealed widespread mitochondrial vacuolations and the presence of myofilament degradation within the cardiomyocytes of these patients.
Interpretation Notes
- This study is specific to Long Covid patients (which they estimate at 12.7% prevalence)
- This is a deep dive into the mechanisms of damage in a small sample, and makes no claims as to population-wide prevalence, long-term persistence, or correlation with acute-phase severity or reinfection, etc.