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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bittencourt CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5106016 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bittencourt Célia Regina de Oliveira CR Izar Maria Cristina de Oliveira MC Schwerz Valdir Lauro VL Póvoa Rui Manuel Dos Santos RM Fonseca Henrique Andrade Rodrigues HA Fonseca Marília Izar Helfenstein MI Bianco Henrique Tria HT França Carolina Nunes CN Ferreira Carlos Eduardo Dos Santos CE Fonseca Francisco Antonio Helfenstein FA
PloS one 20161111 11
To evaluate the effects of long-term exposure to high-intensity training among professional runners on cardiac hypertrophy and subclinical atherosclerosis. Prospective study included runners of both sexes (n = 52) and age and gender matched controls (n = 57), without classical cardiovascular risk factors. Ventricular hypertrophy was quantified by echocardiography by linear method and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) by 2-D images obtained by ultrasonography. Endothelial function was evaluat ...[more]