Running a marathon can increase cardiac strain in amateur runners

Monday, December 3, 2018 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

Amateurs running full-length marathons could be significantly raising levels of several key biomarkers of cardiac strain. Levels of two proteins -- troponin I and troponin T -- were highest after runners completed a full marathon compared to a half marathon, and a 10K race, as were other biomarkers of cardiac stress.

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