Long-term effect of marathon to cardiac health – potential myocardial fibrosis
- DOI
- 10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.91How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- endurance running, marathon, long-term effect, cardiac, myocardial fibrosis
- Abstract
Towards the awareness of healthy living, people are likely to participate in long-distance running activities, for example, the marathon. Though, despite the helpful cardiovascular effect on marathon running, little is known about the negative effect of long-term recurring marathon running to the heart. Cardiac markers among marathoners show potential myocardial injury that is suspected because of prolonged hypoxemia during the long long-distance running which might predispose to myocardial fibrosis (MF). In spite of the concerns about the possible effect of MF among runners, studies found that the occurrence is variables. Considering the increasing participation of marathon among amateur as well as recreational athletes of the productive population, there is a need for awareness and also further evaluation on the possibility of MF among marathoners. A pre-participation examination among older age adults with the potential of underlying heart and coronary disease should be considered before marathon participation.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Inarota Laily Mukti AU - Evert Verhagen AU - Harald Jorstad PY - 2018/12 DA - 2018/12 TI - Long-term effect of marathon to cardiac health – potential myocardial fibrosis BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science (YISHPESS 2018) and 1st Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports (CoIS 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 363 EP - 365 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.91 DO - 10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.91 ID - LailyMukti2018/12 ER -