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. 2021 May 8;22(9):5006. doi: 10.3390/ijms22095006

Table 2.

Tissue damage score for the heart alterations (CDS—Cardiomyocyte Damage Score).

Degree Description
0 Normal histological structure of the heart.
1 A slight loss of transverse striation was observed in individual cells.
2 Smaller groups of cells with a pronounced loss of transverse striation and the appearance of small vacuoles in the sarcoplasm.
3 A larger number of cells with a pronounced loss of transverse striation and the appearance of large vacuoles in the sarcoplasm.
4 Diffuse vacuolar degeneration of cardiomyocyte cytoplasm followed by vacuolar degeneration.