TY - JOUR T1 - Treat the patient not the blood test: the implications of an increase in cardiac troponin after prolonged endurance exercise JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 613 LP - 615 DO - 10.1136/bjsm.2006.033720 VL - 41 IS - 9 AU - G Whyte AU - N Stephens AU - R Senior AU - K George AU - R Shave AU - M Wilson AU - S Sharma Y1 - 2007/09/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/41/9/613.abstract N2 - Collapse after prolonged endurance exercise is common and usually benign. This case study reports a triathlete who suffered a vaso-vagal associated collapsed after exercise. Misdiagnosis of myocardial injury in the presence of elevated cardiac troponins and ECG anomalies led to inappropriate management and highlights the difficulty in treating the collapsed athlete following arduous exercise. ER -