Endurance Exercise and Myocardial Fibrosis: Let Us Keep the Risk in Perspective

Affiliations

¹ From the Cardiff Centre for Exercise and Health, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom (R.S.); and Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom (D.O.). rshave@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
² From the Cardiff Centre for Exercise and Health, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom (R.S.); and Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom (D.O.).

Editorial

Rob Shave et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;9(11):e005730.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.005730.

¹ From the Cardiff Centre for Exercise and Health, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom (R.S.); and Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom (D.O.). rshave@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
² From the Cardiff Centre for Exercise and Health, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom (R.S.); and Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom (D.O.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; athletes; endomyocardial fibrosis; exercise; gadolinium.

Comment on

Lifelong Physical Activity Regardless of Dose Is Not Associated With Myocardial Fibrosis.
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