New study looks at the hearts of athletes who ve had COVID-19
The findings could help the general public too
and last updated 2021-03-15 14:55:35-04
Thereâs still a lot to learn about COVID-19, but doctors and researchers have figured out a new piece of the puzzle in a recent study.
âThere was a lot of early discussion about cardiac involvement with the new coronavirus,â said Dr. Matthew Martinez, Director of Sports Cardiology at the Atlantic Health System at Morristown Medical Center.
The study looked at the impacts of COVID-19 on professional athletesâ hearts.
â789 athletes over a time period that ended in October 2020, had COVID diagnosis by either PCR testing or antibody testing. And then we looked at what happened to that group,â Dr. Martinez said.