The world's oldest chronic heart failure case was discovered on Egyptian mummies called Nebiri, discovered by Egyptian Egyptians Ernesto Schiaparelli in 1904.
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Nebiri's mummy is currently kept at the Egyptian museum in Turin, Italy. A group of researchers from the University of Turin announced the cause of the mummy's death at the International Conference of Egyptian Studies in Florence.
Accordingly, Nebiri died at about 45-60 years old. The results of three-dimensional scans and skull reconstruction showed that he had serious gum disease with large abscesses.
Layer scans of Nebiri mummies.(Photo: Daily Mail).
'The mummy's bandage was almost released, but the head was still in a well-preserved condition. The pitcher had a Hapy image engraved on it, the protective goddess of the lung was partially broken, so we were allowed to take the specimen directly from it, " said anthropologist Raffaella Bianucci.
The image from the scanner shows that Nebiri's brain has been removed from the skull, but there is still a large amount of residual tissue.
The scientists also found that calcifications in the carotid artery in the right, suggesting that Nebiri had a mild form of atherosclerosis. Most notably, however, the researchers found signs of lung failure and impaired heart cells.
Through testing, the team determined that Nebiri had a tuberculosis infection, which led to the conclusion that he had died from a left-sided decompensated heart failure - a consequence of heart disease."We have discovered the oldest evidence of heart failure found on mummies," Bianucci said.
