Electrocardiogram (ECG) Changes and Cardiac Biomarker Abnormalities Among Two Marathon Runners

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-161

  Minns, Alicia B ^a   Clark, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac biomarkers; electrocardiogram; marathon; runner; troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESUSCITATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; CREATININE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; RUNNING; SPORTS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 76449086031     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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