EKG Abnormalities in a Youth Athlete Following COVID-19: It's Not Always Myocarditis!
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Powell, Adam W.; Urbina, Elaine M.; Orr, William B.; Hansen, Jesse E.; Baskar, Shankar
- Source
- Pediatric Cardiology. Dec2022, Vol. 43 Issue 8, p1922-1925. 4p.
- Subject
- *ATHLETES
*MYOCARDITIS
*COVID-19
*ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
*EXERCISE tests
*LEFT ventricular hypertrophy
*HUMAN abnormalities
- Language
- ISSN
- 0172-0643
COVID-19 associated myocarditis following mild infections is rare while incidental findings may be more common. A young athlete fully recovered from a mild COVID-19 infection presented with inferolateral T-wave inversions and left ventricular hypertrophy on imaging. Exercise testing aided in correctly diagnosing the patient with masked systolic hypertension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]