Myocardial infarction & sudden death in recreational master marathon runners

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 48-53

  Finn, Suzanne Elizabeth ^a   Coviello, Jessica ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Marathon runners; Myocardial infarction; Runners and altered pain perception; Sudden death, troponin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; RUNNING; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RUNNING;

EID: 79956192447     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000392797.09383.41     Document Type: Article

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