Myocardial cells that have undergone coagulative necrosis retain which feature for several days?
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Coagulative necrosis preserves the architecture of dead tissue for a span of at least some days. The injury denatures not only structural proteins but also enzymes, which blocks the proteolysis of the dead cells.
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