NEW YORK — Throughout the pandemic, several professional and collegiate sports leagues cancelled major events and seasons, in part to slow the spread of COVID-19, but also due to alarming reports of athletes developing a syndrome called myocarditis -- inflammation of the heart muscle -- following a COVID-19 infection.
After two years of research, the American College of Cardiology released guidance Tuesday that states the incidence of heart inflammation among athletes after COVID-19 is lower than originally thought, but they still suggest a step-by-step plan to help competitive athletes and weekend warriors alike that will help them safely return to their activities.
"While the data on cardiomyopathy is preliminary and incomplete, the uncertain risk was unacceptable at this time," Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren wrote in an August 2020 open letter on the decision to cancel the college conference's 2020-2021 fall sports season.
"Myocarditis is a very rare but serious complication of COVID," Bhave said."Patients with COVID myocarditis really should be managed at a high-level center [with the proper equipment], because these patients can go south fast."The new ACC guidance suggests that it is safe for athletes with no symptoms from COVID-19 to return to exercise three days following self-isolation.
If an athlete has persistent symptoms, Bhave said,"One of the recommendations that we’re making in the document is that people engage in recumbent exercise, so rather than trying to walk, doing something where they’re actually sitting down, so that orthostatic intolerance [the inability to tolerate quick movements] isn’t a big deal.
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