Inflammation and atrial remodeling after a mountain marathon

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 519-525

  Wilhelm, M ^a   Zueger, T ^a   De Marchi, S ^a   Rimoldi, S F ^a   Brugger, N ^a   Steiner, R ^a   Stettler, C ^a   Nuoffer, J M ^b   Seiler, C ^a   Ith, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Clinical Chemistry   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial remodeling; Marathon running; Pro atrial natriuretic peptide; Proinflammatory cytokines; Signal averaged P wave duration

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TROPONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING;

ADULT; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; ATRIAL REMODELING; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; TROPONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84900559527     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12030     Document Type: Article

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