Abstract #0215

Evaluation for Myocarditis in Competitive Athletes Recovering from COVID-19 using Cardiac MRI

Jitka Starekova¹, David A Bluemke^1,2, William S Bradham^1,2, Lee L Eckhardt², Thomas M Grist^1,3,4, Joanna E Kusmirek¹, Christopher S Purtell², Mark L Schiebler¹, and Scott B Reeder^1,2,3,4,5

¹Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ²Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ³Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ⁴Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ⁵Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States

Recent reports of COVID-19-associated myocarditis have raised safety concerns for athletes returning to training after recovering from COVID-19. As a result, our institution initiated a comprehensive screening program for all student athletes recovering from COVID-19, to screen for myocarditis using non-invasive diagnostic tests, including cardiac MRI. In this retrospective study we describe our institutional experience, including the prevalence and severity of MRI findings of myocarditis in student athletes recovering from COVID-19. Patients had mild (73/149;49%) or moderate symptoms (40/149;27%), or were asymptomatic (26/149;17%). Only 2/149 patients had MRI findings consistent with updated Lake Louise criteria for myocarditis (1.3%, 95%CI 0.4%,4.8%).

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