Prevalence of Inflammatory Heart Disease Among Professional Athletes With Prior COVID-19 Infection Who Received Systematic Return-to-Play Cardiac Screening

W. Martinez, Matthew; Tucker, Andrew; Josh Bloom, O.; Green, Gary; P. DiFiori, John; S. Solomon, Gary; Phelan, Dermot; H. Kim, Jonathan; Meeuwisse, Willem; K. Sills, Allen; Rowe, Dana; I. Bogoch, Isaac; Smith, P.; L. Baggish, Aaron; Putukian, Margot; Engel, David

doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2021.0565

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Prevalence of Inflammatory Heart Disease Among Professional Athletes With Prior COVID-19 Infection Who Received Systematic Return-to-Play Cardiac Screening

Published in JAMA Cardiology • Mar 4, 2021

Authors:

Matthew W. Martinez

Andrew Tucker

O. Josh Bloom

Abstract

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. Given the unknown incidence of adverse cardiac sequelae after COVID-19 infection in athletes, these leagues implemente...

Subject

Medicine

Athletes

Physical therapy

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