Some Covid survivors may need heart screening before exercising Jacqueline Stenson © Provided by NBC News
With Covid-19 linked to heart muscle inflammation known as myocarditis, doctors are concerned about patients returning to physical activity safely. Exercising with myocarditis can lead to irregular heartbeats and sudden cardiac death, a well-documented worry with athletes.
But which people who’ve had Covid-19 are at risk? And who should be screened with a battery of heart tests before being cleared for exercise?
Those questions were a main focus of a recent virtual sports medicine conference sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
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