Pathologists in New York City, where at least 22,000 people have died from COVID-19, found some “dramatic” results in patient autopsies.
“The clotting was not only in the large vessels but also in the smaller vessels,” Dr Rapkiewicz said.Source:istock
“And this was dramatic because though we might have expected it in the lungs, we found it in almost every organ that we looked at in our autopsy study.” The autopsies also revealed that large bone marrow cells called megakaryocytes - which typically don’t travel outside the bone and lungs - circulated to other parts of the body.“Notably in the heart, megakaryocytes produce something called platelets that are intimately involved in blood clotting.”Back in April, medics warned that COVID-19 makes patients more prone to blood clots, which in some cases can lead to strokes. Picture: iStock.
Dr Rapkiewicz said myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart, wasn’t detected in the autopsies, though the condition was initially suspected in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak.
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