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Table 4 Detailed description of clinical and instrumental abnormal findings in COVID-19 athletes

From: Incidence and Clinical Relevance of COVID-19 in a Population of Young Competitive and Elite Football Players: A Retrospective Observational Study

Patient

Category

Age

Sex

Symptoms

Stress ECG

Holter ECG 24 h

Echo

cTnT

Cardiac MRI

1)

EPA

28

M

No

I-VEB LBBB

No

No

5.6

PE + intramyocardial LGE

2)

EPA

27

M

Fever

No

No

No

62.8*

No

3)

EPA

35

M

No

No

No

No

8.1

NP

4)

EPA

37

M

No

No

No

No

19.8*

No

5)

EPA

23

M

Pharyngodynia

No

NF-VEB LBBB

No

6.6

Junctional LGE

6)

EPA

22

M

Asthenia

No

No

No

4.8

NP

7)

U23

22

M

Fever + pharyngodynia

R-VEB (triplet) RBBB

F-VEB RBBB

No

7.3

Subepicardial LGE

8)

U19

18

M

Fever + asthenia + headache + ageusia

No

NF-VEB

No

41.6*

PE + biventricular hypertrabeculation

9)

U19

19

M

Fever + asthenia + headache

I-VEB LBBB

No

No

4.7

NP

10)

U17

18

M

No

EAT

NF-VEB

No

4.6

PE

11)

U17

17

M

Fever + asthenia + headache

No

No

No

19.1*

No

12)

U17

18

M

Pharyngodynia + ageusia

R-VEB (couple) RBBB

NF-VEB

No

2.1

Junctional LGE

13)

U17

18

M

Pharyngodynia + asthenia + ageusia

I-VEB LBBB

No

No

20.5*

No

14)

U17

17

M

No

I-VEB RBBB

NF-VEB

No

6.9

No

15)

U16

17

M

Pharyngodynia

I-VEB RBBB

F-VEB

No

11.2

No

16)

U15

16

M

Headache + ageusia

No

NF-VEB

No

3.9

NP

17)

EPA

19

F

Asthenia + ageusia

No

No

PE

2.3

PE

18)

U17

17

F

No

No

No

PE

4.6

PE

  1. EPA: elite professional athlete with age > 16 years; EAT: ectopic atrial tachycardia; F: female; F-VEB: frequent ventricular extra beats; I-VEB: isolated ventricular extra beats; LBBB: left bundle brunch block morphology; LGE: late gadolinium enhancement; M: male; NF-VEB: not frequent ventricular extra beats; No: no abnormal finding; PE: pericardial effusion; RBBB: right bundle brunch block morphology; U23: 20–23 years; U19: 18–19 years; U17: 17 years; U16: 16 years; U15: ≤ 15 years; “NP": not performed
  2. *Abnormal value