The cardiac troponin response following physical exercise in relation to biomarker criteria for acute myocardial infarction; the North Sea Race Endurance Exercise Study (NEEDED) 2013

Post-race cardiac troponin concentrations exceeded diagnostic criteria for MI in the majority of subjects, more often for hs-cTnT than for hs-cTnI, and more pronounced in women than in men. The current biomarker criteria for MI discriminate poorly between an exercise induced troponin increase and acute MI.