Pediatric Cardiologist Dr. Kirk Milhoan, MD on the risk of myocarditis in children and young adults. “A recent study on elite athletes out of the Big 10 showed that when they looked at the cardiac MRI of the elite athletes, around 50% had myocarditis that wasn’t known by symptoms but was seen on cardiac MRI. That puts them at risk for sudden death.”
Also see list of athletes: 2021 Epidemic of heart issues in athletes – Chronological order
When I first listened I thought the cardiologist was stating that they gave all the athletes MRI scans and the scans showed that 50% had myocarditis! (presumably from having had Covid-19 or from getting a Covid vaccine.) I believe what he meant to communicate was that they first gave all the athletes symptoms-based screenings. Then they gave them all MRI scans. The MRI scans showed that many more athletes had myocarditis even though their symptoms-based screening said they didn’t have myocarditis. Is this the study he was referring to? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2780548?resultClick=1
It states: “Findings: In this cohort study of 1597 US competitive collegiate athletes undergoing comprehensive cardiovascular testing, the prevalence of clinical myocarditis based on a symptom-based screening strategy was only 0.31%. Screening with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging increased the prevalence of clinical and subclinical myocarditis by a factor of 7.4 to 2.3%.”