Even if you're asymptomatic, COVID-19 can harm your heart, study shows – here's what student athletes need to know
- Written by Partho Sengupta, Abnash C Jain Chair and Professor of Cardiology, Cardiology Division Chief and Director of Cardiac Imaging, West Virginia University
Over one-third of college athletes in the study who tested positive for COVID-19 had evidence of inflammation around the heart.Miodrag Ignjatovic via Getty ImagesCOVID-19 can do some pretty scary things to the human heart. It can trigger blood clots in severe cases and cause inflammation and scarring.
New research now shows that even young people...