Why the study?
Cardiovascular disorders cause 50% of athlete mortality, with AF playing a significant role, making the understanding of AF risk factors in athletes crucial.
This review highlights the multifactorial risk factors, including excessive physical activity, hypertension, obesity, and metabolic disorders, contributing to the development of atrial fibrillation in athletes.
Supports risk factor assessment in athletes with AF; leaves open causal confirmation via prospective trials.
Mortality in athletes in 50% of cases is due to cardiovascular disorders, among which a significant role belongs to cardiac arrhythmias, in particular, atrial fibrillation (AF). Therefore, understanding of risk factors for AF in this group of patients is of great importance. In this review, we summarize recent experimental and clinical data on the links between physical activity, arterial hypertension, obesity, disorders of carbohydrate metabolism and AF.
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