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Today we learned ~1/3 Big Ten athletes who were #COVID19 + had abnormal heart MRIs, consistent w/ myocarditis, even those without symptoms. If anyone still is questioning whether this virus attacks the heart, it's denialism.
There have been multiple reports of heart involvement with #COVID19, including young athletes, and replication of @GladstoneInst iPSC-> heart cell findings. Very little is known about heart inflammation among asymptomatics (unlike lung Δs)
Documented #SARSCoV2 particles in heart cells in a tragic case of an 11-year-old girl
A few days ago @cbarbermd reviewed some of the data, including prior reports among athletes, in this @sciam piece
scientificamerican.com/article/covid-…
The Big Ten report on myocarditis earlier today
centredaily.com/sports/college…
was WRONG and has now been corrected:
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