Key result
Long-term endurance sports linked to up to ~10-fold higher AF prevalence in athletes.
Why the study?
Atrial fibrillation development in individuals engaged in physical activity and sports presents unique features and challenges in treatment and complication prevention.
This review highlights the mechanisms, treatment, and prevention of atrial fibrillation and its complications in athletes.
May warrant AF vigilance in endurance athletes; leaves mechanisms and prevention strategies open for prospective study.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common types of cardiac arrhythmias. This review article highlights the problem of the development of atrial fibrillation in individuals engaged in physical activity and sports. Predisposing factors, causes, and development mechanisms of atrial fibrillation in athletes from the perspective of the authors are described. Methods of treatment, as well as prevention of thromboembolic complications, are discussed. Directions for further studies of this problem and prevention of complications are proposed.
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Achkasov et al. (2019) conducted a review in Atrial Fibrillation. Endurance sports and physical activity vs. General population was evaluated. Endurance sports and long-term physical activity increase the prevalence of atrial fibrillation in athletes by 2 to 10 times compared to the general population.
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