{"id":7429,"date":"2023-10-01T05:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7429"},"modified":"2023-09-29T07:36:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:36:48","slug":"covid-heart-injuries-traced-back-to-infected-arterial-plaque-inflammation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/10\/01\/covid-heart-injuries-traced-back-to-infected-arterial-plaque-inflammation\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Heart Injuries Traced Back to Infected Arterial Plaque, Inflammation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7429\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u2014 SARS-CoV-2 persistence in some vascular cells may have ties to long COVID<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By Nicole Lou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can directly infiltrate atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries and trigger an inflammatory response, providing one mechanism for how COVID-19 infection can lead to cardiovascular complications in some people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directly infected atherosclerotic tissue was found in both people who died with severe COVID-19 and underlying atherosclerosis and an ex vivo model of human vascular explants.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/covid19\/106533?xid=nl_mpt_morningbreak2023-09-29&amp;eun=g2017571d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MorningBreak_092923&amp;utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Daily_News_Update_active\">Read the complete article<\/a> in MedPage Today.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7429\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading \u2014 SARS-CoV-2 persistence in some vascular cells may have ties to long COVID By Nicole Lou Scientists found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can directly infiltrate atherosclerotic plaques in coronary &hellip; 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