Treat the patient not the blood test: The implications of an increase in cardiac troponin after prolonged endurance exercise

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 613-615

  Whyte, G ^a   Stephens, N ^b   Senior, R ^b   George, K ^a   Shave, R ^c   Wilson, M ^b   Sharma, S ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SPORTS; SWIMMING; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TROPONIN I;

EID: 34548797977     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.033720     Document Type: Article

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