Does elite endurance exercise increase the prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation compared to controls?
Former world-class rowers / elite endurance athletes
Elite endurance exercise (former world-class rowing)
Controls
Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF)hard clinical
Elite endurance exercise is associated with a higher risk of atrial fibrillation, likely driven by exercise-induced cardiac remodeling and genetic susceptibility.
Despite having a favourable cardiovascular risk factor profile compared with controls, elite endurance athletes had a markedly higher prevalence and incidence of AF. These data suggest that exercise-induced cardiac remodelling and genetic susceptibility contribute to AF in endurance athletes.
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D. Flannery
The Heart Research Institute
Rodrigo Cánovas
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Kristel Janssens
Preventive Cardiology
European Heart Journal
The University of Melbourne
KU Leuven
UNSW Sydney
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Flannery et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56ee675589c71d767d78d — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf369