Coronavirus disease 2019 and the athletic heart: emerging perspectives on pathology, risks, and return to play
Importance Cardiac injury with attendant negative prognostic implications is common among
patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Whether cardiac
injury, including myocarditis, also occurs with asymptomatic or mild-severity COVID-19
infection is uncertain. There is an ongoing concern about COVID-19–associated cardiac
pathology among athletes because myocarditis is an important cause of sudden cardiac
death during exercise. Observations Prior to relaxation of stay-at-home orders in the US, the …
patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Whether cardiac
injury, including myocarditis, also occurs with asymptomatic or mild-severity COVID-19
infection is uncertain. There is an ongoing concern about COVID-19–associated cardiac
pathology among athletes because myocarditis is an important cause of sudden cardiac
death during exercise. Observations Prior to relaxation of stay-at-home orders in the US, the …
