There was a lot of information coming out of college athletics early on consistent with the research in this article. Young, healthy athletes that were asymptomatic showed signs of inflammation in the heart.
Since then there were follow up studies which were split in their findings. The early studies used MRI testing and suggested “high-risk” of heart damage/myocarditis in the athletes. Follow up studies tended not to use MRI, opting for testing for certain proteins associated with heart inflammation and ultra sounds and those studies found heart damage to be uncommon in the athletes.
Since then there were follow up studies which were split in their findings. The early studies used MRI testing and suggested “high-risk” of heart damage/myocarditis in the athletes. Follow up studies tended not to use MRI, opting for testing for certain proteins associated with heart inflammation and ultra sounds and those studies found heart damage to be uncommon in the athletes.