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Autopsy of blood clots in the dead of the new crown, expert: Helps track the course of the disease

2019-nCoV Special
Source: xkb.com.au
[Social News]     11 Jul 2020
One of the most striking findings of an autopsy on a person who died of Coronavirus —— which helps doctors understand how the disease affects the body, says a pathologist. AmyRapkiewicz, head of the department of pathology at the university of New York's langney medical center, gave ErinBurnett interviews at the CNN.
Autopsy of blood clots in the dead of the new crown, expert: Helps track the course of the disease

One of the most striking findings of an autopsy on a person who died of Coronavirus —— which helps doctors understand how the disease affects the body, says a pathologist.

Amy Rapkiewicz, head of the department of pathology at the university of New York's langney medical center, gave Erin Burnett interviews at the CNN.

Some Coronavirus infections are known to have coagulation problems, but Rapkiewicz describe their extent and extent as "severe ".

She said that in the early stages of the outbreak, clinicians noticed a large number of "rows and large blood vessels" of blood clots.

"What we saw at the autopsy was an extension of that ," she said.

"Coagulation exists not only in large vessels, but also in small vessels. This is exaggerated because although we may think it will appear in the lungs, we found in autopsy studies that it is present in almost all organs. "

Rapkiewicz study outlined her findings and was published in the lancet journal electronic clinical medicine (EClinicalMedicine) at the end of june.

巨核细胞是骨髓中的一个大细胞。(图:美国血液学会)
 

autopsy also revealed abnormalities in megakaryocytes or large bone marrow cells. And they don't usually circulate outside bones and lungs, Rapkiewicz said.

"We found them in the heart, kidneys, liver and other organs ," she said.

Notably, in the heart, megakaryocytes produce a substance called platelets, which is closely related to blood clotting. "

Researchers hope to find out how these cells affect blood clotting in small vessels in Coronavirus, she said.

The pathologists were surprised by what they had not found. At the early stages of the epidemic, doctors believe virus can cause myocarditis, she said. But the autopsy found a very low incidence of myocarditis, Rapkiewicz said.

A "chance ", she says, is for pathologists to examine the organs of many Coronavirus infected people and investigate the course of the disease. She said previous influenza A H1N1 or initial SARS outbreaks did not have such opportunities.

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