Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with significant mortality and morbidity, including adverse cardiovascular sequelae.1 As public health policy begins to guide the resumption of recreational and competitive sport, clinicians are charged with...
When team doctors used to tell Harvey Catchings that he would be out for weeks with an injury, he didn’t believe them. Many high-level athletes don’t think that way. They see their bodies as finely tuned machines, better than average, able to withstand more, recover...
Habitual high-intensity endurance exercise is associated with increased atrial fibrillation (AF) risk and impaired cardiac conduction. It is unknown whether these observations extend to prior strength-type sports exposure. The primary aim of this study was to compare...
Are borderline echocardiogram structural measurements due to physiological adaptation or pathology in college football players? The normal reference data are very limited in this population. We report left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD) and...
Study researchers and article authors David J. Engel, MD; Allan Schwartz, MD; Shunichi Homma, MD Summary: The stated goal of this study was “To perform a comprehensive cardiac structural analysis of National Basketball Association (NBA) professional...
