Is marathon running hazardous to your cardiovascular health? The jury is still out

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-5

  Yared, Kibar ^a   Wood, Malissa J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; GADOLINIUM; TROPONIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADENOSINE PERFUSION IMAGING; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ENDURANCE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; STATISTICS;

AGED; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 64949197092     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2511090041     Document Type: Editorial

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