Lifestyle Risk Factors Predict Coronary Calcification among Male Endurance Athletes
Physiologically Speaking
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Studies, including the MARC study, show that athletes have a higher proportion of calcified (stable) plaques and fewer mixed or non-calcified plaques, which are more prone to rupture and cause heart attacks. Athletes with this risk factor were at a far greater likelihood of severe coronary calcification.
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