Key result
Regular medium-intensity exercise is linked to reduced cardiometabolic and mental illnesses in treated AF.
Why the study?
The mechanisms and implications of atrial fibrillation occurrence in endurance sports participants and veterans are not fully understood.
While endurance sports may increase the risk of lone atrial fibrillation, moderate exercise remains beneficial and protective for affected individuals.
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Supports exercise counseling in treated AF but should not yet change practice; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Atrial fibrillation is the most frequent arrhythmia. Its "lone" form (when underlying pathology is not discovered) can be detected in a small percentage of endurance sports participants, and in growing numbers among veterans, probably as a result of some cardiac or other irregularities. Enhanced vagal tone and sudden sympathetic impulse, repetitive oxidative stress, inflammatory processes, enlarged atria, electric instabilization can explain the higher occurrence. Treatment of atrial fibrillation enables the affected persons to participate in regular medium-intensity exercise, 3-5 hours a week, which offers a protective role against cardiovascular, metabolic and mental illnesses.
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Péter Apor (2013) conducted a review in Atrial fibrillation. Physical activity was evaluated. Regular medium-intensity exercise (3-5 hours a week) offers a protective role against cardiovascular, metabolic, and mental illnesses in persons treated for atrial fibrillation.
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