Cardiac involvement and myocardial inflammation are common in recovered COVID-19 patients, according to a new study published in JAMA Cardiology.

The news comes just days after Major League Baseball began its pandemic-shortened season.

The authors tracked more than 108,000 patients who suffered their first heart attack between 2009 and 2013.

It’s been a long, hard battle for cardiologists, one full of change and uncertainty. But the situation is far from over.

Researchers tracked more than 302,000 patients with at least one cardiovascular risk factor.

The original software first received FDA clearance back in 2018. This updated version, Caption Health has said, is easier for clinicians to use. 

In February and March 2020, the inevitable happened: COVID-19 came to the United States, hitting the country’s healthcare system like a 10-pound sledgehammer. 

The pair of pulmonary and critical care providers with two prominent hospitals acknowledged that such imaging is well-intended, but noted that this practice is outdated and lends little benefit to the patient. 

In larger academic medical centers, it is common for radiologists to spend entire careers never deviating from their narrow expertise, physicians wrote in Clinical Imaging.