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Increased longitudinal contractility and diastolic function at rest in well-trained amateur Marathon runners: a speckle tracking echocardiography study

BACKGROUND: Regular physical activity reduces cardiovascular risk. There is concern that Marathon running might acutely damage the heart. It is unknown to what extent intensive physical endurance activity influences the cardiac mechanics at resting condition. METHODS: Eighty-four amateur marathon ru...

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Autores principales: Schattke, Sebastian, Xing, Yan, Lock, Jürgen, Brechtel, Lars, Schroeckh, Sabrina, Spethmann, Sebastian, Baumann, Gert, Borges, Adrian C, Knebel, Fabian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24571726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-12-11