Myocardial Injury and Ventricular Dysfunction Related to Training Levels Among Nonelite Participants in the Boston Marathon

Tomas G. Neilan, James L. Januzzi, Elizabeth Lee-Lewandrowski, Thanh-Thao Tôn-Nu, Danita M. Yoerger, Davinder S. Jassal, Kent Lewandrowski, Arthur J. Siegel, Jane E. Marshall, Pamela S. Douglas,

Circulation · 2006 · 515 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

Completion of a marathon is associated with correlative biochemical and echocardiographic evidence of cardiac dysfunction and injury, and this risk is increased in those participants with less training.

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