The risk of marathon runners-live it up, run fast, die young?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1800-1802

  Schmermund, Axel ^a   Voigtländer, Thomas ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MARATHON RUNNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNNING;

EID: 48749094655     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn273     Document Type: Editorial

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