Athletes can rest easy: Extreme exercise does not raise heart disease risk

Athletes can rest easy: Extreme exercise does not raise heart disease risk or mortality, study shows
Date:
January 30, 2019
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UT Southwestern Medical Center
Summary:
High volumes of exercise are safe, even when coronary calcium levels are high, new research suggests.
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1. Laura F. DeFina, Nina B. Radford, Carolyn E. Barlow, Benjamin L. Willis, David Leonard, William L. Haskell, Stephen W. Farrell, Andjelka Pavlovic, Katelyn Abel, Jarett D. Berry, Amit Khera, Benjamin D. Levine. Association of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality With High Levels of Physical Activity and Concurrent Coronary Artery Calcification. JAMA Cardiology, 2019; DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.4628

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UT Southwestern Medical Center. "Athletes can rest easy: Extreme exercise does not raise heart disease risk or mortality, study shows." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 January 2019. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190130175607.htm>.