Cardiac MRI shows myocarditis less common in athletes recovered from COVID-19 than previously thought – Health Imaging

Results of the COVID-19 Myocardial Pathology Evaluation in AthleTEs with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance study, or COMPETE CMR, did, however, reveal more scarring in healthy heart muscle than researchers would have hypothesized.
They also reported similarly disappointing news, Clark noted. Other screening tests such as blood work, clinical exams, EKG, echocardiograms and additional tests did not help identify athletes with myocarditis and no COVID-19 symptoms. Clark et al. had hoped to only use CMR…

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