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Athletes Have Telltale CMR Markers of Damage Post-COVID-19, but Clinical Significance Unclear – TCTMD
The small series will fuel the contentious debate over the lasting cardiac effects, but everyone agrees: more data are needed.
Four of 26 competitive athletes at Ohio State University who recovered from non-severe COVID-19 had cardiac MR (CMR) imaging evidence of myocarditis and an additional eight patients had signs of prior myocardial injury, researchers report in a research letter today. They say their findings should inform the debate over the kind of follow-up warranted before athletes return to sport; the data will also no doubt fuel the ongoing discussions over how, and how long, COVID-19 can impact the heart.
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