Post-exertional increase in first-phase ejection fraction in recreational marathon runners
Author(s) -
Luca Faconti,
Iain Parsons,
Bushra Farukh,
Ryan McNally,
Lorenzo Nesti,
Lingyun Fang,
Michael Stacey,
Neil Hill,
David Woods,
Phil Chowienczyk
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jrsm cardiovascular disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2048-0040
DOI - 10.1177/2048004020926366
Subject(s) - ejection fraction , cardiology , medicine , stroke volume , diastole , regurgitant fraction , blood pressure , context (archaeology) , heart failure , paleontology , biology
In recreational marathon runners, there is a marked increase in first-phase ejection fraction after the race despite no other significant change in cardiac performance or conventional measure of systolic function. More detailed physiological studies are required to elucidate the mechanism of this increase.
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