Hearts of Athletes

Description

The Hearts of Athletes study is being conducted to determine the heart involvement with COVID-19 in athletes. This study aims to enroll any Adult (18 years of age or greater) • Athlete is defined as NCAA Collegiate Athlete, Professional Athlete, Military, or Olympic Athlete will be eligible for the study. With COVID-19 • COVID-19 diagnosed via an RT-PCR (nasal or throat swab test) prior to enrollment Or without COVID-19 • Identified as a local Control participant (similar sport) to a participant with COVID-19, who is willing to undergo a standard cardiovascular evaluation Participants with and without COVID-19 will use their mobile devices to provide health information, like symptoms, by answering survey questions daily for 30 days. Also, participants will allow their de-identified cardiac images to be sent to the Duke Heart Center for blinded analysis. No physical risks are associated with this study. One possible risk, although minimal, is loss of confidentiality.

Conditions

Cardiac Involvement With COVID-19

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The Hearts of Athletes study is being conducted to determine the heart involvement with COVID-19 in athletes. This study aims to enroll any Adult (18 years of age or greater) • Athlete is defined as NCAA Collegiate Athlete, Professional Athlete, Military, or Olympic Athlete will be eligible for the study. With COVID-19 • COVID-19 diagnosed via an RT-PCR (nasal or throat swab test) prior to enrollment Or without COVID-19 • Identified as a local Control participant (similar sport) to a participant with COVID-19, who is willing to undergo a standard cardiovascular evaluation Participants with and without COVID-19 will use their mobile devices to provide health information, like symptoms, by answering survey questions daily for 30 days. Also, participants will allow their de-identified cardiac images to be sent to the Duke Heart Center for blinded analysis. No physical risks are associated with this study. One possible risk, although minimal, is loss of confidentiality.

Hearts of Athletes Study: Prospective Evaluation of Athletes for Cardiac Involvement With COVID-19

Hearts of Athletes

Condition
Cardiac Involvement With COVID-19
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Durham

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Any adult athlete (defined as NCAA Collegiate Athlete, Professional Athlete, or Olympic Athlete) will be eligible for the study.
  • * COVID-19 diagnosed via an RT-PCR, or history of COVID-19 antibodies at least 10 days and less than 6 months prior to consent
  • * No longer requiring quarantine per local health recommendations, prior to cardiovascular evaluation.
  • * Identification as a Control participant (similar sport) to a participant without COVID-19 willing to undergo cardiovascular evaluation
  • * Anyone with known cardiovascular disease - defined as known myocardial disease, valvular heart disease, or known coronary heart disease
  • * Anyone without the ability to provide informed consent
  • * Anyone with a known contraindication to cardiac magnetic resonance (metallic implant)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 30 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Manesh Patel, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke University

Study Record Dates

2026-07-31