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PMC Column: Returning to sports after COVID

MEEKER | Scientia est potentia​.

A division I NCAA basketball player collapses suddenly, is rushed to the emergency room, and is admitted to the hospital in critical condition. Physicians diagnose heart failure and an abnormal heart rhythm – complications of viral  myocarditis (viral infection of the heart muscle). The year is 2006, and 2 weeks prior to  this event, the athlete recovered from a mild cold. Fast forward to December 2020 and  watch a similar scenario…