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

In this study of return-to-play cardiac testing performed on 789 professional athletes with COVID-19 infection, imaging evidence of inflammatory heart disease that resulted in restriction from play was identified in five athletes (0.6%). No adverse cardiac events occurred in the athletes who underwent cardiac screening and resumed professional sports participation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news