The new coronavirus can invade myocytes, like the cells of the heart muscle tissue, which means that people who have recovered from COVID-19 should be checked for heart disease after they recover, according to new research.
Doctors have discovered the virus in heart tissue, but two studies from August suggest that SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in humans, can affect heart muscle tissue, causing life-threatening complications for patients with the disease, according to Reuters .
Italian researchers published this week a study in medXriv on six coronavirus-related deaths among adults who were previously healthy without a history of heart disease. The new coronavirus was discovered in her heart muscle. The researchers pointed out that patients with SARS, which is caused by another type of coronavirus, developed heart defects after their recovery. The study is not certified by peer review.
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more recent findings show that the virus can also infect myocytes, as cells in heart muscle tissue, per a new report. (iStock)
“The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in cardiomyocytes has always been detected,” wrote study authors, adding that the findings demonstrate how the cardiac care of COVID-19 patients should be examined to measure all long-term effects .
The second report, published earlier this month by Brazilian doctors and experts, reported the death of an 11-year-old girl who had a pediatric inflammatory condition associated with coronavirus. The child suffered heart failure and died after one day of hospitalization.
In this case, authors of the study suggested that cardiomyocytes became infected, saying they “likely lead to local inflammation in response to self-loss.”
Study authors also added that, to their knowledge, their case report published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health was the first “to document the presence of viral particles in the heart tissue of a child affected by MIS-C. In addition, viral particles identified in different cell lines of the heart. “
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, such as MIS-C, has been compared to Kawasaki disease, an acute inflammatory syndrome that can cause coronary artery aneurysms. The researchers noted that the number of deaths associated with a Kawasaki-like disease has increased in countries with high levels of COVID-19.
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