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. 2020 Nov:156:120-122.
doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.09.023. Epub 2020 Sep 19.

First responder cardiac health amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Prashant Rao  1 ; American College of Cardiology Sports and Exercise Cardiology Leadership Council  1 ; Eli Friedman  2 , Eugene H Chung  3 , Benjamin D Levine  4 , S Marshal Isaacs  5
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First responder cardiac health amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Prashant Rao et al. Resuscitation. 2020 Nov.
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Keywords: COVID-19; First responders; Sports cardiology; Tactical athlete.

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Title: Cardiovascular Considerations to Return to Work for First Responders in the COVID-19 Era. †We recommend the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Athlete myocarditis guidelines . hsTn: high-sensitivity troponin-I; cMRI: cardiac MRI; COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease of 2019.
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