Plasma levels of cardiac troponin I after prolonged strenuous endurance exercise.
This study provides biochemical evidence that ultraendurance exercise may cause subclinical myocardial damage, even in well-trained cyclists. The cellular nature of this damage and its clinical relevance remain unknown at present.
Neumayr
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G
Institute of Sports Medicine, and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria. guenther.neumayr@uklibk.ac.at
Gaenzer
H
H
Pfister
R
R
Sturm
W
W
Schwarzacher
S P
SP
Eibl
G
G
Mitterbauer
G
G
Hoertnagl
H
H
D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling / Q000502:physiology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*
D020107:Troponin T