Why the study?
Does prolonged endurance exercise cause clinically significant cardiac damage or dysfunction in athletes?
Does prolonged endurance exercise cause clinically significant cardiac damage or dysfunction in athletes?
Transient elevations in cardiac troponins and reduced LV function are common after ultraendurance exercise, but their long-term clinical significance remains unclear and requires careful diagnosis to avoid mismanagement.
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Warrants cautious post-exercise troponin interpretation to avoid mismanagement; leaves open long-term prognostic implications in athletes.
Gregory P. Whyte (2008) studied this question.
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