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Table 7 Key consideration points regarding COVID-19 infection for preparticipation screening

From: The athlete’s heart: insights from echocardiography

Key points for preparticipation screening

Echocardiography should be utilised as one of the first diagnostic tools of assessment after Covid-19 infection. The efficacy of this screening method in identifying cardiac abnormalities will aid the clinician in identifying whether further investigations are required

Covid-19 infection appears to have a low risk of inducing cardiac inflammation in athletes. In those athletes who have functional abnormalities consistent with inflammation via echocardiography, further screening and investigations are vital in avoiding SCD

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Echo Research & Practice

ISSN: 2055-0464

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