Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 803-809 , July 2009

Myocardial Function in Older Male Amateur Marathon Runners: Assessment by Tissue Doppler Echocardiography, Speckle Tracking, and Cardiac Biomarkers

  • Fabian Knebel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Fabian Knebel, MD, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Campus Mitte, Medical, Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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  • Ingolf Schimke, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany
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  • Sabrina Schroeckh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany
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  • Harm Peters, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Nephrology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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  • Stephan Eddicks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany
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  • Sebastian Schattke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany
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  • Lars Brechtel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
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  • Jürgen Lock

      Affiliations

    • SCC Running Events GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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  • Klaus Dieter Wernecke, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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  • Henryk Dreger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany
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  • Solveig Grubitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany
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  • Jana Schmidt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany
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  • Gert Baumann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany
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  • Adrian C. Borges, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medical Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Charité- University Medicine Berlin Campus Mitte, Germany

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 Funding: none

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PII: S0894-7317(09)00370-8

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.009

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 803-809 , July 2009

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