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Cardiology
Research from Massachusetts General Hospital broadens understanding of cardiology
July 6th, 2008
"We measured analytes in collapsed Boston Marathon runners to compare with changes in asymptomatic runners. Of collapsed runners at the 2007 marathon, 18.2% had a measurable cardiac troponin T (cTnT) value with a mean postrace level of 0.017 ng/mL (0.017 mu g/L; SD, 0.02 ng/mL [0.02 mu g/L])," scientists writing in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology report. "Three subjects had cTnT values above the cutoff (0.10 ng/mL [0.10 mu g/L]) typically used for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. The mean and median N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels were 73 ng/L (SD, 77.3 ng/L) and 54.3 ng/L (interquartile range, 22.8-87.3 ng/L),...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2008-07-06)
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