High prevalence of pericardial involvement in college student athletes recovering from COVID-19

D Brito, S Meester, N Yanamala, HB Patel… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - jacc.org
Objectives This study sought to explore the spectrum of cardiac abnormalities in student
athletes who returned to university campus in July 2020 with uncomplicated coronavirus …

SARS-CoV-2 cardiac involvement in young competitive athletes

N Moulson, BJ Petek, JA Drezner, KG Harmon… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Cardiac involvement among hospitalized patients with severe coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) is common and associated with adverse outcomes. This study …

Prevalence of inflammatory heart disease among professional athletes with prior COVID-19 infection who received systematic return-to-play cardiac screening

MW Martinez, AM Tucker, OJ Bloom, G Green… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The major North American professional sports leagues were among the first to
return to full-scale sport activity during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic …

Screening of potential cardiac involvement in competitive athletes recovering from COVID-19: an expert consensus statement

D Phelan, JH Kim, MD Elliott, MM Wasfy, P Cremer… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - jacc.org
As our understanding of the complications of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) evolve,
subclinical cardiac pathology such as myocarditis, pericarditis, and right ventricular …

Evaluation for myocarditis in competitive student athletes recovering from coronavirus disease 2019 with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

J Starekova, DA Bluemke, WS Bradham… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The utility of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a screening tool for
myocarditis in competitive student athletes returning to training after recovering from …

A prospective study on the consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the heart of young adult competitive athletes: implications for a safe return-to-play

L Cavigli, F Frascaro, F Turchini, N Mochi… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has shocked the sports world because of the
suspension of competitions and the spread of SARS-CoV-2 among athletes. After SARS …

Cardiac involvement in consecutive elite athletes recovered from Covid‐19: A magnetic resonance study

ŁA Małek, M Marczak… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance (MR) studies suggested cardiac involvement post‐Covid‐19 in a
significant subset of affected individuals, including athletes. This brings serious clinical …

Cardiovascular evaluation after COVID-19 in 137 collegiate athletes: results of an algorithm-guided screening

BS Hendrickson, RE Stephens, JV Chang, JM Amburn… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Hispanic athletes were more often symptomatic than White athletes (86% and 100%,
respectively, vs. 75%, P= 0.046). No differences in symptoms occurred based on sex (P …

COVID-19 myocardial pathology evaluation in athletes with cardiac magnetic resonance (COMPETE CMR)

DE Clark, A Parikh, JM Dendy, AB Diamond… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Two asymptomatic COVID-19–positive athletes (3%) met criteria for myocarditis2; 1 athlete
had pericarditis. These athletes had normal electrocardiograms, troponin I, and …

Diagnostic evaluation and cardiopulmonary exercise test findings in young athletes with persistent symptoms following COVID-19

N Moulson, SK Gustus, C Scirica, BJ Petek… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives Persistent or late-onset cardiopulmonary symptoms following COVID-19 may
occur in athletes despite a benign initial course. We examined the yield of cardiac …