Thread by @DrDenaGrayson, BREAKING: Autopsy shows that the #CA woman—who suffered the earliest known #COVID19 [...]

Dena Grayson, MD, PhD

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BREAKING: Autopsy shows that the #CA woman—who suffered the earliest known #COVID19 death in the US—had a massive heart attack and HEART RUPTURE due to #coronavirus.

“A perfectly normal heart has burst open...Normal hearts don’t rupture.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Exclusive-Autopsy-report-of-first-known-15226422.php

Exclusive: Autopsy report of first known coronavirus death in U.S. says disease caused Santa Clara...

The first person known to have to died from the coronavirus in the United States suffered a massive heart attack due to COVID-19 infection, an autopsy report obtained by The Chronicle shows.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Exclusive-Autopsy-report-of-first-known-15226422.php

Her heart “muscle was infected, that’s what caused her heart (valve) to rupture... The immune system was attacking the virus and in attacking the virus it damaged the heart and then the heart basically burst.”

#coronavirus #COVID19 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/25/coronavirus-first-known-victim-in-u-s-died-of-burst-heart-pathologist-says/amp/

Coronavirus: First known victim in U.S. died of “burst” heart, pathologist says

“There’s an indication the heart was weakened,” Melinek said. “The immune system was attacking the virus and in attacking the virus it damaged the heart and then the heart basically burst.”…

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/25/coronavirus-first-known-victim-in-u-s-died-of-burst-heart-pathologist-says/amp/

There’s now ample evidence that this #coronavirus can infect the heart muscle itself, causing heart inflammation (myocarditis). This can lead to arrhythmias or even rupture of the heart muscle or valves.

#COVID19
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