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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Arq Bras Cardiol</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">abc</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq. Bras. Cardiol.</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abc.20200457</article-id>
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          <subject>Minieditorial</subject>
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        <article-title>Caminhada de Longa Dura&#231;&#227;o pode Alterar Biomarcadores Card&#237;acos e Vari&#225;veis Ecocardiogr&#225;ficas Relacionadas &#224; Fun&#231;&#227;o Diast&#243;lica?</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Franzoni</surname>
            <given-names>Leandro</given-names>
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            <sup>1</sup>
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          <label>1</label>
          <institution content-type="orgname">Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul</institution>
          <institution content-type="orgdiv1">Programa de P&#243;s-gradua&#231;&#227;o em Ci&#234;ncias da Sa&#250;de: Cardiologia e Ci&#234;ncias Cardiovasculares</institution>
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            <named-content content-type="city">Porto Alegre</named-content>
            <named-content content-type="state">RS</named-content>
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          <country country="BR">Brasil</country>
          <institution content-type="original">Programa de P&#243;s-gradua&#231;&#227;o em Ci&#234;ncias da Sa&#250;de: Cardiologia e Ci&#234;ncias Cardiovasculares - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS &#8211; Brasil</institution>
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        <corresp id="c1"><bold>Correspond&#234;ncia: Leandro Franzoni</bold> &#8226; Rua Itabora&#237;, 683. CEP <postal-code>90040-060</postal-code>, Porto Alegre, RS - Brasil. E-mail: <email>franzoni_77@hotmail.com</email></corresp>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub">
        <day>23</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2020</year>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="collection">
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2020</year>
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      <volume>115</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>628</fpage>
      <lpage>629</lpage>
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        <title>Palavras-chave</title>
        <kwd>Caminhada</kwd>
        <kwd>Esfor&#231;o F&#237;sico</kwd>
        <kwd>Biomarcadores</kwd>
        <kwd>Press&#227;o Sanguinea</kwd>
        <kwd>Troponina T</kwd>
        <kwd>Pept&#237;deo Natriur&#233;tico Encef&#225;lico</kwd>
        <kwd>Creatinina Quinase</kwd>
        <kwd>Ecocardiografia/m&#233;todos</kwd>
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    <p>A caminhada &#233; uma das atividades f&#237;sicas mais praticadas em todo o mundo. Tamb&#233;m est&#225; inserida em programas de exerc&#237;cio f&#237;sico com a finalidade de melhorar par&#226;metros relacionados &#224; sa&#250;de em diferentes popula&#231;&#245;es.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1"><sup>1</sup></xref><sup>,</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2"><sup>2</sup></xref> Dessa maneira, cada vez mais aumenta a procura por eventos amadores que envolvam caminhada, principalmente aqueles conectados &#224; natureza e &#224; cultura de uma determinada regi&#227;o. Um dos eventos amadores mais conhecidos no mundo que envolve caminhada &#233; o &#8220;Caminho de Santiago de Compostela&#8221;. Al&#233;m disso, aqui no Brasil possu&#237;mos a &#8220;Rota das Miss&#245;es&#8221;, localizada no Sul do pa&#237;s. Os trajetos podem ter dist&#226;ncias variadas, podendo chegar em torno de 40km de caminhada em um mesmo dia. Esses s&#227;o dois exemplos de atividades que envolvem caminhada e agregam uma experi&#234;ncia cultural ao evento.</p>
    <p>Al&#233;m dos dois eventos citados, existem as caminhadas ecol&#243;gicas de longa dist&#226;ncia, onde os participantes experimentam um contato direto com a natureza, passando por diferentes caracter&#237;sticas de terrenos em um mesmo dia e podendo chegar a uma dist&#226;ncia total percorrida de at&#233; 250 km em 4 dias de evento. Sabemos que cada indiv&#237;duo responde de maneira diferente a determinado est&#237;mulo, no entanto, percorrer mais de 50 km por dia com aclives, declives e terrenos acidentados, pode ter um impacto fisiol&#243;gico negativo para qualquer indiv&#237;duo que se submete a esse tipo de modalidade.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3"><sup>3</sup></xref> Al&#233;m do dano fisiol&#243;gico, nos preocupamos tamb&#233;m com o impacto sobre o sistema cardiovascular em rela&#231;&#227;o ao volume e a intensidade desse tipo de modalidade.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4"><sup>4</sup></xref><sup>,</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5"><sup>5</sup></xref></p>
    <p>Dentre os marcadores fisiol&#243;gicos mais conhecidos, podemos citar altera&#231;&#245;es em biomarcadores card&#237;acos como a Creatina Quinase fra&#231;&#227;o MB (CK-MB, <italic>Creatine Kinase</italic> MB), a Troponina T card&#237;aca (cTnT &#8211; <italic>cardiac Troponin T</italic>) e o amino&#225;cido precursor N-terminal do pept&#237;deo natriur&#233;tico cerebral tipo B (NT-proBNP, <italic>N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide</italic>), os quais podem estar relacionados com dano mioc&#225;rdico.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4"><sup>4</sup></xref> Dentre os marcadores de altera&#231;&#227;o da fun&#231;&#227;o card&#237;aca, podemos destacar algumas vari&#225;veis ecocardiogr&#225;ficas, tais como as velocidades diast&#243;licas precoces (E) e tardia (A) transmitral, assim como a rela&#231;&#227;o E/A e tamb&#233;m avalia&#231;&#227;o tecidual da velocidade diast&#243;lica precoce (E'), todas podendo ser utilizadas para analisar disfun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6"><sup>6</sup></xref></p>
    <p>As evid&#234;ncias cient&#237;ficas dispon&#237;veis sobre os efeitos da caminhada de longa dist&#226;ncia sobre biomarcadores card&#237;acos e fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica apresentam resultados divergentes em rela&#231;&#227;o ao risco cardiovascular para esse tipo de modalidade. Nesta edi&#231;&#227;o da revista, Euz&#233;bio et al.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7"><sup>7</sup></xref> exploram essa quest&#227;o em participantes de caminhada de longa dist&#226;ncia (m&#233;dia de idade 46 &#177; 10,5). Os autores verificaram esses efeitos sobre o comportamento da fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica, por meio da onda E, A e rela&#231;&#227;o E/A, al&#233;m dos biomarcadores card&#237;acos CK-MB, Troponina T e NT-proBNP. Eles tamb&#233;m avaliaram correla&#231;&#245;es entre as vari&#225;veis da fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica, entre os biomarcadores card&#237;acos e se existe correla&#231;&#227;o entre alguma vari&#225;vel da fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica com algum biomarcador card&#237;aco. Para isso, os autores conduziram um estudo longitudinal com 25 participantes adultos (todos homens), sendo que quatro mulheres foram exclu&#237;das por n&#227;o preencherem o crit&#233;rio de sele&#231;&#227;o pr&#233;via, o qual consistia em percorrer 56 km, divididos em dois dias, em at&#233; tr&#234;s horas e dez minutos para os homens e tr&#234;s horas e 30 minutos para as mulheres. As avalia&#231;&#245;es foram divididas em cinco etapas, A0, momento anterior ao in&#237;cio do evento; A1, primeiro dia ap&#243;s t&#233;rmino do trajeto; A2, segundo dia ap&#243;s t&#233;rmino do trajeto; A3, terceiro dia ap&#243;s t&#233;rmino do trajeto e A4, quarto dia ap&#243;s t&#233;rmino do trajeto. O percurso total teve uma dist&#226;ncia de 244,7 km. Como resultados principais, os autores encontraram aumentos significativos na CK-MB de A0 para A2, NT-proBNP de A0 para A1, A2, A3 e A4 e onda E' de A0 para A1. Curiosamente, e diferente de outros estudos, a Troponina T n&#227;o apresentou diferen&#231;as significativas, assim como as ondas E e A. Al&#233;m disso, foram identificadas correla&#231;&#245;es positivas entre CK-MB e NT-proBNP, CK-MB e Troponina T, entre E/A e E', e correla&#231;&#227;o negativa entre CK-MB e E/A.</p>
    <p>De modo geral, o presente estudo nos traz resultados importantes sobre os efeitos da caminhada de longa dist&#226;ncia sobre par&#226;metros relacionados &#224; biomarcadores card&#237;acos e fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica, demonstrando que, apesar das altera&#231;&#245;es encontradas, n&#227;o h&#225; crit&#233;rios sugestivos de dano mioc&#225;rdico, principalmente por n&#227;o encontrarem altera&#231;&#245;es em Troponina T, onda E e onda A.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7"><sup>7</sup></xref><sup>,</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8"><sup>8</sup></xref> Altera&#231;&#245;es encontradas para n&#237;veis s&#233;ricos de NT-proBNP demonstram o efeito natriur&#233;tico no mecanismo fisiol&#243;gico de adapta&#231;&#227;o aguda e subaguda do sistema cardiovascular em rela&#231;&#227;o ao esfor&#231;o.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9"><sup>9</sup></xref> Tamb&#233;m &#233; importante ressaltar que o aumento dos n&#237;veis s&#233;ricos de CK-MB pode estar relacionado principalmente com temperaturas mais elevadas em determinados trechos (variou entre 19 e 32 &#186;C), e tamb&#233;m com o tipo de terreno, dist&#226;ncia percorrida e intensidade em cada trecho. Justamente a varia&#231;&#227;o encontrada nessa vari&#225;vel foi entre A0 e A2, onde era predominantemente declive, o qual promove maior contra&#231;&#227;o muscular exc&#234;ntrica, e que est&#225; diretamente relacionada com maior dano muscular, o que pode explicar tal comportamento, al&#233;m de existir um efeito cumulativo entre o trecho A1 e A2.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10"><sup>10</sup></xref> Em rela&#231;&#227;o a fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica, o aumento significativo apenas da onda E' entre A0 e A1 pode ser explicado pela popula&#231;&#227;o estudada. Sabemos que indiv&#237;duos com menor condicionamento f&#237;sico ficam mais suscet&#237;veis a altera&#231;&#245;es na fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica quando expostos ao esfor&#231;o f&#237;sico comparados a indiv&#237;duos com maior condicionamento f&#237;sico. Al&#233;m disso, o treinamento f&#237;sico regular pode minimizar altera&#231;&#245;es agudas da fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica em rela&#231;&#227;o a maiores demandas cardiovasculares durante exerc&#237;cio prolongado e intenso.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11"><sup>11</sup></xref> Em resumo, precisamos ficar atentos principalmente ao comportamento da Troponina T, a qual &#233; espec&#237;fica para identificar dano mioc&#225;rdico por isquemia, demonstrando que os danos ao sistema cardiovascular parecem ser m&#237;nimos e que essa modalidade de exerc&#237;cio parece ser segura.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12"><sup>12</sup></xref></p>
    <p>Em rela&#231;&#227;o &#224;s correla&#231;&#245;es encontradas, podemos destacar a associa&#231;&#227;o negativa entre CK-MB com E/A (rela&#231;&#227;o da velocidade de enchimento ventricular r&#225;pido com a velocidade de contra&#231;&#227;o atrial). Uma das especula&#231;&#245;es em rela&#231;&#227;o a essa associa&#231;&#227;o, pode ser atribu&#237;da ao quadro revers&#237;vel de disfun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica como um dos principais mecanismos de aumento plasm&#225;tico da CK-MB, com uma consequente redu&#231;&#227;o da onda E e aumento da onda A. Entretanto, esse assunto ainda precisa ser melhor explorado no que tange as rela&#231;&#245;es entre biomarcadores card&#237;acos e fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica na &#243;tica da caminhada de longa dist&#226;ncia.</p>
    <p>O estudo possui algumas limita&#231;&#245;es, dentre elas podemos destacar a aus&#234;ncia de padroniza&#231;&#227;o em rela&#231;&#227;o ao hor&#225;rio da coleta de dados durante os dias do evento, visto que isso pode interferir diretamente nas avalia&#231;&#245;es dos n&#237;veis agudos dos biomarcadores card&#237;acos. Tamb&#233;m seria importante coletar as mesmas vari&#225;veis em repouso sempre no dia seguinte ao percurso. Entretanto, os autores ressaltam que isso era invi&#225;vel devido ao hor&#225;rio de in&#237;cio dos trajetos (4h da manh&#227;). Aqui vale ressaltar que apesar das limita&#231;&#245;es, o estudo tem m&#233;ritos. &#201; dif&#237;cil realizar um estudo randomizado, controlado dentro de um cen&#225;rio desses, que envolve coletas fora de um laborat&#243;rio espec&#237;fico e com adversidades clim&#225;ticas. Diante disso, esse &#233; um dos maiores m&#233;ritos do estudo, fazer um trabalho complexo, com medidas bioqu&#237;micas e ecocardiogr&#225;ficas espec&#237;ficas, fora de um ambiente laboratorial. Al&#233;m disso, acreditamos que os trabalhos desenvolvidos dentro do ambiente pr&#225;tico, atende muito mais as demandas e responde de maneira muito mais completa sobre o comportamento de um fen&#244;meno. &#201; muito importante saber quais s&#227;o as respostas em rela&#231;&#227;o aos biomarcadores card&#237;acos e fun&#231;&#227;o diast&#243;lica da caminhada de longa dist&#226;ncia, visto que tal modalidade &#233; uma das que mais cresce no Brasil e no mundo.</p>
    <p>Por fim, a atual contribui&#231;&#227;o de Euz&#233;bio et al.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7"><sup>7</sup></xref> publicado nesta edi&#231;&#227;o dos Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, al&#233;m de prover resultados importantes para a literatura cient&#237;fica, tamb&#233;m servir&#225; para nortear novos estudos que poder&#227;o aperfei&#231;oar m&#233;todos relacionados ao delineamento, coleta de dados e vari&#225;veis a serem estudadas. A mensagem final do presente estudo &#233; que indiv&#237;duos adultos treinados que participam de eventos de caminhada de longa dist&#226;ncia com mais de 240 km de percurso total, n&#227;o sofrem preju&#237;zo cardiovascular, analisados por meio de biomarcadores card&#237;acos e vari&#225;veis ecocardiogr&#225;ficas.</p>
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        <p>Minieditorial referente ao artigo: Fun&#231;&#227;o Diast&#243;lica e Biomarcadores de Participantes de Caminhada de Longa Dist&#226;ncia</p>
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          <subject>Short Editorial</subject>
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        <article-title>Can Long-Distance Walking alter Cardiac Biomarkers and Echocardiographic Variables Related to Diastolic Function?</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Franzoni</surname>
            <given-names>Leandro</given-names>
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          <country country="BR">Brazil</country>
          <institution content-type="original">Programa de P&#243;s-gradua&#231;&#227;o em Ci&#234;ncias da Sa&#250;de: Cardiologia e Ci&#234;ncias Cardiovasculares - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS &#8211; Brazil</institution>
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        <corresp id="c2"><bold>Mailing Address: Leandro Franzoni</bold> &#8226; Rua Itabora&#237;, 683. Postal Code <postal-code>90040-060</postal-code>, Porto Alegre, RS &#8211; Brazil. E-mail: <email>franzoni_77@hotmail.com</email></corresp>
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        <kwd>Physical Exertion</kwd>
        <kwd>Biomarkers</kwd>
        <kwd>Blood Pressure</kwd>
        <kwd>Troponin T</kwd>
        <kwd>Natriuretic Peptide Brain</kwd>
        <kwd>Creatin Kinase</kwd>
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      <p>Walking is one of the most practiced physical activities worldwide. It is also included in physical exercise programs aiming at improving the health-related parameters in different populations.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1"><sup>1</sup></xref><sup>,</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2"><sup>2</sup></xref> Therefore, the demand for amateur events encompassing walking has been increasing, especially those related to nature and the culture of a specific region. One of the best known amateur events in the world that involves walking is the &#8220;<italic>Camino de Santiago de la Compostela</italic>&#8221;. Moreover, here in Brazil, we have the &#8220;<italic>Rota das Miss&#245;es</italic>&#8221;, located in the south of the country. The trajectories can have different distances, reaching nearly 40km of walking on the same day. These are two examples of activities that involve walking and add a cultural experience to the event.</p>
      <p>In addition to the two abovementioned events, there are long-distance ecological hikes, where participants experience direct contact with nature, going through different terrain characteristics on the same day, reaching a total walking distance of up to 250 km during a 4-day event. We know that each individual responds differently to a certain stimulus; however, walking more than 50 km in one day going up and down slopes, on rough terrain, can have a negative physiological impact on any individual who undergoes this type of modality.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3"><sup>3</sup></xref> In addition to the physiological damage, we are also concerned with the impact on the cardiovascular system in relation to the volume and intensity of this type of modality.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4"><sup>4</sup></xref><sup>,</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5"><sup>5</sup></xref></p>
      <p>Among the best known physiological markers, one can mention alterations in cardiac biomarkers such as Creatine Kinase-MB fraction (CK-MB), cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) and the NT-proBNP (N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide), which may be related to myocardial damage.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4"><sup>4</sup></xref> Among the markers of altered cardiac function, we can highlight some echocardiographic variables, such as early (E) and late transmitral diastolic velocities (A), as well as the E / A ratio, as well as early diastolic velocity by tissue-Doppler (E'), all of which can be used to analyze diastolic dysfunction.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6"><sup>6</sup></xref></p>
      <p>The available scientific evidence on the effects of long-distance walking on cardiac biomarkers and diastolic function shows divergent results regarding cardiovascular risk for this type of modality. In this issue of the journal, Euz&#233;bio et al.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7"><sup>7</sup></xref> explore this topic in long-distance walking participants (mean age 46 &#177; 10.5). The authors verified these effects on the diastolic function behavior using the E, A waves and E / A ratio, in addition to the cardiac biomarkers CK-MB, Troponin-T and NT-proBNP. They also assessed correlations between diastolic function variables, cardiac biomarkers and whether there is a correlation between some diastolic function variable and some cardiac biomarker. For this purpose, the authors performed a longitudinal study with 25 adult participants (all men), after four women were excluded for not meeting the previous selection criterion, which consisted in walking 56 km, divided into two days, in up to three hours and ten minutes for men and three hours and 30 minutes for women. The evaluations were divided into five stages: A0, the moment before the event started, A1, the first day after the end of the trajectory; A2, the second day after the end of the trajectory; A3, the third day after the end of the trajectory; and A4, the fourth day after the end of the entire trajectory. The total trajectory comprised a distance of 244.7 km. As the main results, the authors found significant increases in CK-MB from A0 to A2, NT-proBNP from A0 to A1, A2, A3 and A4 and E' wave from A0 to A1. Interestingly, and unlike other studies, Troponin-T did not show any significant differences, as well as E and A waves. Moreover, positive correlations were identified between CK-MB and NT-proBNP, CK-MB and Troponin-T, between E/A ratio and E', and a negative correlation between CK-MB and E/A ratio.</p>
      <p>Overall, the present study discloses important results on the effects of long-distance walking on parameters related to cardiac biomarkers and diastolic function, demonstrating that, despite the observed alterations, there are no criteria suggestive of myocardial damage, mainly because they did not find any alterations in Troponin-T, E wave and A wave.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7"><sup>7</sup></xref><sup>,</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8"><sup>8</sup></xref> The alterations found in NT-proBNP serum levels demonstrate the natriuretic effect on the physiological mechanism of acute and subacute adaptation of the cardiovascular system in relation to exertion.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9"><sup>9</sup></xref> It is also noteworthy that the increase in serum levels of CK-MB may be related mainly to higher temperatures during certain parts of the trajectory (that varied between 19 and 32&#186;C), and also to the type of terrain, distance walked and intensity in each part of the trajectory. Indeed, the variation found in this variable was between A0 and A2, predominantly comprising a downslope, promoting greater eccentric muscle contraction, and directly related to greater muscle damage, which may explain this behavior, in addition to a cumulative effect between the A1 and A2 trajectory.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10"><sup>10</sup></xref> Regarding the diastolic function, the significant increase only in the E' wave between A0 and A1 can be explained by the studied population. It is known that individuals with less physical conditioning are more susceptible to alterations in diastolic function when exposed to physical effort, when compared to individuals with more physical conditioning. Moreover, regular physical training can minimize acute alterations in diastolic function in relation to greater cardiovascular demands during prolonged and intense exercise.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11"><sup>11</sup></xref> In summary, one needs to pay attention mainly to the behavior of Troponin-T, which is specific to identify myocardial damage due to ischemia, demonstrating that the damage to the cardiovascular system seems to be minimal and that this type of exercise seems to be safe.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12"><sup>12</sup></xref></p>
      <p>Regarding the observed correlations, we can highlight the negative association between CK-MB and E/A (ratio between the rapid ventricular filling velocity and the atrial contraction velocity). One of the assumptions regarding this association can be attributed to the reversible diastolic dysfunction picture as one of the main mechanisms of CK-MB increase in plasma, with a consequent reduction in E wave and increase in A wave. However, this issue still needs to be better explored regarding the associations between cardiac biomarkers and diastolic function from the perspective of long-distance walking.</p>
      <p>The study has some limitations, among which we can highlight the lack of standardization in relation to the time of data collection during the days of the event, since this can directly interfere with the assessments of the acute levels of cardiac biomarkers. It would also be important to collect the same variables at rest always on the day after the trajectory. However, the authors point out that this was not feasible due to the time that the journey started (4:00 am). Here, it is worth mentioning that despite the limitations, the study has its strengths. It is difficult to perform a randomized, controlled study in this scenario, which involves data collections outside a specific laboratory and with climatic adversities. Considering this fact, this is one of the greatest merits of the study, carrying out a complex investigation, with specific biochemical and echocardiographic measurements, outside a laboratory environment. Moreover, we believe that studies developed in the practical environment, further meets the demands and responds much more comprehensively about the behavior of a phenomenon. It is very important to know what the responses are in relation to cardiac biomarkers and diastolic function of long-distance walking, as this modality is one of the fastest growing in Brazil and worldwide.</p>
      <p>Finally, the contribution of Euz&#233;bio et al.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7"><sup>7</sup></xref> published in this issue of the Brazilian Archives of Cardiology, in addition to providing important results for the scientific literature, will also be used to guide new studies that may improve the methods related to the design, data collection and variables to be studied. The final message of the present study is that trained adult individuals who participate in long-distance walking events comprising more than 240 km of total distance, do not suffer cardiovascular damage, analyzed through cardiac biomarkers and echocardiographic variables.</p>
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        <title>Acknowledgements</title>
        <p>To Coordena&#231;&#227;o de Aperfei&#231;oamento de Pessoal de N&#237;vel Superior (CAPES) for the doctoral scholarship.</p>
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