Sport and acute coronary syndromes : new observations on the pathogenesis of excercise-related acute cornoray heart disease

The present study was undertaken in order to elucidate the pathogenesis of exercise-related coronary events and to determine whether or not there is a direct cause-effect relationship between sport and these events- A secondary objeCtive was to establish whether or not habitual physical exercise also plays a protective role in the development of coronary artery disease. Finally, an attempt was made to identify factors or markers which could help to differentiate sporting from sedentary people with regard to the occurrence of acute coronary events