“Athletes who have exertional cardiopulmonary symptoms on return to exercise after COVID-19 should have a thorough symptom-guided clinical evaluation. This is true even for athletes who had negative initial cardiac testing after the resolution of acute symptoms. Cardiac MRI should be considered for athletes with exertional chest pain.”

“Using a nationwide registry, cardiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital determined that few college athletes who develop SARS-CoV-2 infection have prolonged symptoms, but exertional symptoms on return to exercise, especially chest pain, warrant clinical evaluation and consideration of cardiac MRI to assess for inflammatory heart disease.”

“This study suggests exertional chest pain on return to exercise presents a higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 cardiac involvement, but it is important not to discount other known clinical signs and symptoms of potential myocarditis.”

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