GuidelineJACC. Cardiovascular imaging2020
Screening of Potential Cardiac Involvement in Competitive Athletes Recovering From COVID-19: An Expert Consensus Statement.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of abnormal cardiovascular magnetic resonance findings in recovered patients from COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2021Pooled it
- Cardiac abnormalities in athletes after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2021Pooled it
- COACH Study: COVID-19 Influence on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Athletes-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- "Bridging the clinical, molecular and genetic perspectives on myocarditis in post-COVID-19 era".International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2026Review
- Long COVID: a review of mechanisms and treatment modalities.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- The functional state of athletes who have undergone coronavirus infection (COVID-19).Sports medicine and health science · 2025Article
- Return-to-Play Timeline and Recovery Predictors After COVID-19 Infection in Elite Football Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Resting ECG Screening Protocol Improved with Artificial Intelligence for the Early Detection of Cardiovascular Risk in Athletes.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Reveals Cardiac Inflammation and Fibrosis in Symptomatic Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: Findings from the INSPIRE-CMR Multicenter Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of myocarditis following COVID-19 or influenza and use of diagnostic assessments.Open heart · 2024Article
- Perioperative cardiovascular risk and preventions of patients with post-COVID-19 condition.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Return to play of young and adult professional athletes after COVID-19: A scoping review.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Article
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- Identification of non-ischaemic fibrosis in male veteran endurance athletes, mechanisms and association with premature ventricular beats.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Cardiopulmonary Profiling of Athletes with Post-Exertional Malaise after COVID-19 Infection-A Single-Center Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Cardiac evaluation of hospitalized children with 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) infection at a single large quaternary center.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Low prevalence of cardiac abnormalities in competitive athletes at return-to-play after COVID-19.Journal of science and medicine in sport · 2023Observational
- Cardiac changes in collegiate athletes following SARS-CoV-2 infection and quarantine: a prospective Case-Control study.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Sport activities for children and adolescents: the Position of the European Academy of Paediatrics and the European Confederation of Primary Care Paediatricians 2023-Part 1. Pre-participation physical evaluation in young athletes.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
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Abstract
As our understanding of the complications of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) evolve, subclinical cardiac pathology such as myocarditis, pericarditis, and right ventricular dysfunction in the absence of significant clinical symptoms represents a concern. The potential implications of these findings in athletes are significant given the concern that exercise, during the acute phase of viral myocarditis, may exacerbate myocardial injury and precipitate malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Such concerns have led to the development and publication of expert consensus documents aimed at providing guidance for the evaluation of athletes after contracting COVID-19 in order to permit safe return to play. Cardiac imaging is at the center of these evaluations. This review seeks to evaluate the current evidence regarding COVID-19-associated cardiovascular disease and how multimodality imaging may be useful in the screening and clinical evaluation of athletes with suspected cardiovascular complications of infection. Guidance is provided with diagnostic "red flags" that raise the suspicion of pathology. Specific emphasis is placed on the unique challenges posed in distinguishing athletic cardiac remodeling from subclinical cardiac disease. The strengths and limitations of different imaging modalities are discussed and an approach to return to play decision making for athletes post-COVID-19, as informed by multimodality imaging, is provided.
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