The acute impact of an ultramarathon on right heart: A 12-lead ECG study.

Flavio D'ascenziFrancesca AnselmiChiara CecconBernardo BaccaniNicolò SistiAnnalaura GismondiCarlotta SciaccalugaFederica AprileCaterina FiorentiniFrancesca GrazianoAndrea FranchiniBeatrice BertiGiulia Elena MandoliMatteo CameliAlessandro ZorziMarco BonifaziSergio Mondillo

Published in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2019)

A sizeable proportion of athletes running a 50-km ultramarathon demonstrated post-race ECG signs of right heart overload but no arrhythmias. This finding supports the hypothesis that ultra-endurance races may induce transient right heart overload.

Keyphrases

heart failure
atrial fibrillation
heart rate variability
heart rate
high intensity
liver failure
skeletal muscle
high resolution
blood pressure
cerebral ischemia
brain injury
blood brain barrier
subarachnoid hemorrhage
acute respiratory distress syndrome