Cardiac changes in collegiate athletes following SARS-CoV-2 infection and quarantine: a prospective Case-Control study.
Vanessa-Rose G TurpinShannon K ParrStephen T HammondZachary J WhitePreston J TicknerChloe E ChisamKyle V GoerlJonathan A DreznerCarl J AdePublished in: Annals of medicine (2023)
Our study reveals unique sex-specific cardiac changes in collegiate athletes following SARS-CoV-2 infection and quarantine compared to controls. Despite a mild reduction in LVEF, which was only observed in the first weeks following infection, no clinically significant cardiac abnormalities were observed. Further research is required to understand if the changes in LVEF are directly attributed to the infection or indirectly through exercise restrictions resulting from quarantine.