BRYAN HEART
Dr. Mathue Baker, with cardiology registered nurse Katelyn Peterson of Bryan Heart, left, and Bryan’s noninvasive cardiology manager Cara McMann (seated with cardiac and vascular ultrasound machine) and echo lab coordinator Lynne Nelson, provides Sports Consultations for Cardiac Clearance to athletes at the University of Nebraska and other schools.
Nebraska’s athletes turn to our heart experts for clearance to play sports after COVID-19
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he COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact studentathletes, as well as the general public throughout America, with people who tested positive for the infection being quarantined and sports events being cancelled or put on hold. With COVID-19’s potential to have long-term negative effects on athletes’ hearts, Bryan Heart and Bryan Medical Center are working with the University of Nebraska Husker teams, as well as This story is brought to you by Union Bank and Trust. 8 Winter 2020
private colleges and other universities across the state, to provide Sports Consultations for Cardiac Clearance, so athletes who have tested positive for COVID-19 can safely return to play. Myocardial injury or damage to the heart due to COVID-19 is still being investigated, and researchers say there’s a relationship between having COVID-19 and conditions known as cytokine mediated cardiomyopathy (an immune system response that causes the heart to become enlarged, thick or rigid), acute
