Population
A 44-year-old trained marathon runner (n=1)
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
50 days
Authors
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Raises caution for non-atherosclerotic fatal MI during marathon running; leaves open mechanisms and prevention in conditioned athletes.
This case report documents a fatal myocardial infarction in a trained athlete during a marathon despite the absence of significant coronary atherosclerosis, highlighting a potential risk of extreme exertion.
Laurence H. Green (1976) studied this question.
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