Cardiac and Lung Assessment of Professional Soccer Players Following COVID-19 Disease
Condition: Covid19
MeSH terms: COVID-19
Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Summary: 
      During this world COVID-19 outbreak, and according to the experience of team doctors, after
      their return, some players could have been affected by the SARS-cov2. Also, this study aims
      to clearly determine the condition of athletes at the end of lockdown after this COVID-19
      crisis and the cardiorespiratory consequences in particular in those who have been affected
      by COVID-19 and the prevalence of acute myocarditis. The investigators assess in this
      observational study the cardiac and lung consequences of COVID-19..
    

Detailed description: 
      The global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus, beginning in November 2019, initially
      in China, has being marked by a rapid spread, numerous severe respiratory cases and an
      elevated mortality rate. Although that 85% on average of patients with SARS-cov2 are not
      symptomatic or poor symptoms, these people were not systematically tested by PCR and
      spontaneously recovered. However, at the end of lockdown, the challenge for the medical staff
      in each first league soccer team involves to assess their clinical health conditions
      including clinical evaluation, COVID-19 tests, chest CT, and cardiac function in order to
      detect potential anomalies. Especially, physicians should be cautious about the risk of acute
      viral myocarditis, often asymptomatic, in patients having COVID-19 with any or poor symptoms,
      reported in 7 to 28%. The risk could be a myocardial dysfunction, arrhythmic complications
      and/or sudden death during return to exercice.

      In this observational study, the investigators included the soccer player after the spring
      lockdown. After firstly an exhaustive interview to assess the lockdown quality of the
      athlete, clinical status and potential mild or poor symptoms of COVID-19 during the outbreak,
      and secondly COVID-19 serology and regular PCR tests.

      The athletes having a positive nasopharyngeal SARS-cov2 PCR and/or positive COVID-19 serology
      test, with or without symptoms, were included in the study. Up to 10 days after first
      positive PCR, a cardiac evaluation is done including EKG, cardiac ultrasound echography and
      stress test in running ground and Chest Computer Tomography (chest-CT). According to the
      results of cardiac tests and Lung CT-scan, these athletes also require Cardiac MRI to
      eliminate the risk of acute myocarditis.
    

Observational model: Cohort
Time perspective: Prospective
Sampling method: Non-Probability Sample
Study population: 
        Since 2020 spring and during this COVID-19 outbreak, the Professional soccer player were
        assessed about the COVID-19 infection using the clinical tests, swab PCR Test and SARS-Cov2
        serology. The athletes having COVID-19 infection were included in cardiac and lung
        evaluation.
      
Keywords: COVID19; athletes; cardiac assessment; lung CT-scanner; COVID19 cardiopulmonary consequences