AUTHOR=Le Goff Caroline , Gergelé Laurent , Seidel Laurence , Cavalier Etienne , Kaux Jean-François 

TITLE=Mountain Ultra-Marathon (UTMB) Impact on Usual and Emerging Cardiac Biomarkers

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.856223

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2022.856223

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=The number of participants in ultra-marathons is increasing. However, the data regarding the impact of this type of exercise on the cardiovascular system are contradictory. In our study, 28 ultra-trail runners were enrolled. Blood samples were collected at 3 time points: immediately before, immediately after, and seven days after the ultra-marathon. Different biomarkers were measured. Immediately after the race, the blood concentrations of the different cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers increased significantly. Interestingly, some biomarkers remained high even after seven days of recovery.