Long-term cardiac follow-up of athletes infected with SARS-CoV-2 after resumption of elite-level sports.
Juliette C van HattumJoelle Julius Nicolaas DaemsSjoerd M VerwijsLeonoor V WismansMaarten A van DiepenMaarten GroeninkS Matthijs BoekholdtR Nils PlankenAdrienne van RandenAlexander HirschMaarten H MoenYigal M PintoArthur A M WildeHarald T JørstadPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2023)
This prospective study demonstrates the safety of resuming elite-level sports after SARS-CoV-2 infection. The medium-term risks associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and elite-level sports appear low, as the resumption of elite sports did not lead to detrimental cardiac effects or increases in clinical events, even in the four elite athletes with SARS-CoV-2 associated myocardial involvement.