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Consensus recommendations for COVID-19-related myocarditis in athletes: proof of concept-case report.

Omar M AbdelfattahTarun MathurMatthew W Martinez
Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2023)
Diligence is required to identify competitive athletes with features suggestive of myocarditis at the initial presentation and with the return to exercise. Cardiopulmonary symptoms in the setting of recent COVID-19 infection should prompt additional testing in a stepwise fashion and often benefit from CMR in addition to the triad testing with electrocardiography, echocardiography, and cardiac troponin measurement to further investigate clinical presentations of COVID-19-related myocarditis.
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