Figure. Flow Diagram of the Systematic Return-to-Play Cardiac Screening Process Used for Professional Athletes Testing Positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Thirty of 789 athletes (3.8%) had abnormal cardiac screening test results necessitating additional evaluation and downstream testing; 5 athletes (0.6%) were detected to have findings raising concern for COVID-19–associated inflammatory heart disease that resulted in restriction from sport participation per American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines.¹⁰ ECG indicates electrocardiogram; TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram.