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NBPA Cardiologist Opens Up About League’s COVID-19 Concerns
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, so do concerns about the effects of the virus on the athlete's heart. That is why, for cardiologists such as NBPA cardiologist Dr. Matthew Martinez, implementing protocols, evaluating data, adjusting approaches, and ensuring...
Athletic Heart Leads The Way In Sports-Related COVID Cardiac Clearance
While the long-term effects of COVID-19 are not yet fully understood, one thing is clear: The disease can present a cardiac risk to sufferers, including previously healthy athletes. COVID-19's cardiac risk can consist of complications such as myocarditis, which we...
Cardiac Screening Importance Rises In The Wake Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
Screening of incoming collegiate athletes has always been a priority because it can identify abnormal or borderline abnormal heart structures that could impact an athlete's ability to play sports at the college level.
Return to sports after COVID-19 infection: Do we have to worry about myocarditis?
Current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has grown into a pandemic crisis of major health and economic importance. An infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is known to cause severe respiratory symptoms up to an acute respiratory...
Ultrasound in the fight against COVID-19
Ultrasound is more valuable than ever with its expanding role in the fightagainst COVID-19. Philips provides a wide range of ultrasound systems toassess and manage COVID-19-related lung and cardiac complications.
Recommendations on the Use of Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging in Young Adult Competitive Athletes
Recommendations on the Use of Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging in Young Adult Competitive Athletes: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration with the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and the Society for Cardiovascular...
A Game Plan for the Resumption of Sport and Exercise After Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection
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...
Solomon: Ex-NBA player credits league screening for detecting his failing heart
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...
Weight Gain, Hypertension, and the Emergence of a Maladaptive Cardiovascular Phenotype Among US Football Players | Cardiology | JAMA Cardiology | JAMA Network
Question Does cardiovascular risk increase and lead to the development of pathologic cardiovascular phenotypes among US football players?
Arrhythmias and Adaptations of the Cardiac Conduction System in Former National Football League Players
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...