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		dotancohen on March 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If the heart is a muscle, why doesn't it ever get ... I don't know if it was a top answer when you looked 8 hours ago, but a cardiovascular physiologist answered (14 hours ago) a very thorough, detailed answer with second-order explanations. It's now _the_ top comment, here is a direct link with tracking removed: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/fm2z8x/if_a_hea...

bo1024 on March 21, 2020 | [–]

I was thinking of that answer too. It talks about the ways heart muscle is different from skeletal muscle, which is cool, but I don't see it carry those differences through into explaining about fatigue...

nilkn on March 21, 2020 | [–]

It mostly just mentions mitochondria and lactate though. I think it’s still subject to the same criticism.

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