Open AccessCardiovascular Consequences of Completing a 160-km Ultramarathon
Author(s) -
Jessica M. Scott,
Ben T. Esch,
Rob Shave,
Darren E. R. Warburton,
David Gaze,
Keith George
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e31818313ff
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , speckle tracking echocardiography , troponin complex , heart rate , cardiac function curve , heart rate variability , diastole , blood pressure , troponin , heart failure , myocardial infarction
To comprehensively investigate the cardiovascular consequences of a 160-km ultramarathon using traditional echocardiography, speckle tracking imaging, cardiac biomarkers, and heart rate variability (HRV) and to examine the relationship between the changes in these variables.