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Re:Heart-disease risk soars after Covid, even with a mild case by nicklaf on Friday February 11, 2022 @08:05AM (#30300951)
> There's plenty of tissues in a human body that can take more than 1 year to fully regenerate.

Nerves, for instance[0].

[0] https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/peripheral-ne...

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Re:Heart-disease risk soars after Covid, even with a mild case by edmcnulty101 on Friday February 11, 2022 @01:02PM (#30304770)
Heart muscle doesn't though.

From what I remember from a family members heart attack ... the heart doesn't really heal.

Hence pace makers for a lifetime.

>The heart is unable to regenerate heart muscle after a heart attack and lost cardiac muscle is replaced by scar tissue.

https://www.uclahealth.org/heart/cardiac-repair-regeneration

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