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Covid-19 autopsies becoming critical source of information to treat patients: Report
Washington DC: With a COVID-19 vaccine probably months away, autopsies of people with the infection are becoming a critical source of information for research into possible treatments, The Washington Post reported.Among the most important finding is the confirmation that coronavirus appears to attack the lungs most ferociously.Researchers have also found widespread clotting in organs like brain kidneys, liver, gastrointestinal tract and spleen and in the endothelial cells that line blood vessels."It is about what we are not seeing," said Mary Fowkes, an associate professor of pathology who is part of a team at Mount Sinai Health that has performed autopsies on 67 COVID-19 patients.When it comes to heart, many physicians warned for months