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A short, high-intensity exercise caused an elevation of cardiac biomarkers in 62% of our subjects. The grade of training may influence the release of troponin and this increase is probably related to a temporary discrepancy between O2 delivery and consumption. Increases in natriuretic peptides levels are possibly expression of different adaptations to exercise.

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Plasma cholesterol, triglyceride, lipoprotein and phospholipid levels were higher in 76 transplant recipients than in normal age-matched controls. 22 patients exhibited a normal lipid pattern; 12 a type IIa, 12 a type lib, and 30 a type IV hyperlipidemia. Lipid abnormalities were not related to serum creatinine, parathyroid hormone (PTH), serum albumin, plasma glucose, transplant age, relative body weight or steroid administration schedule. Only plasma triglyceride level was related to mean prednisone dosage. In order to reduce the apparent cardiovascular risk posed by these changes in plasma lipid concentration, hypocaloric diet was administered to 16 patients with hypertriglyceridemia or mixed hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia. With these dietary measures, plasma lipid concentrations returned to normal and remained stable during the period of observation (6–18 months).