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COVID-19 can kill heart muscle cells, interfere with contraction: Study reveals details of how coronavirus infects heart; models of tissue damage may help develop potential therapies – Science Daily

A new study provides evidence that COVID-19 patients’ heart damage is caused by the virus invading and replicating inside heart muscle cells, leading to cell death…

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Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with heart problems, including reduced ability to pump blood and abnormal heart rhythms. But it’s been an open question whether these problems are caused by the virus infecting the heart, or an inflammatory response to viral infection elsewhere in the body. Such details have implications for understanding how best to treat coronavirus infections that affect the heart.A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides…

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