Clinical and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Findings in Endurance Athletes With Symptomatic Stroke
Stroke in athletes is believed to be rare given fewer traditional stroke risk factors in this population, although there is a distinct lack of data. We present a case series of 6 veteran endurance athletes who experienced symptomatic strokes and underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.
Authors
- Peter Swoboda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-7079)
- Saad Fyyaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8630-9265)
- Ben Mercer
- Sanjay Sharma
- Bradley S. Chambers
- Michael Papadakis
- Chin Y. Soo
- Wasim Javed
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Genomics England (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Case Reports
- Published
- 2026-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.107352
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00