Long-lasting sport practice and lone atrial fibrillation

Aims To analyse whether the proportion of patients with lone atrial fibrillation engaged in chronic sport practice was higher than that observed in the general population. Methods and Results The records of 1160 patients, seen at the arrhythmia outpatient clinic, were reviewed. A total of 70 patient...

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Published in:European heart journal 2002-03, Vol.23 (6), p.477-482
Main Authors: Mont, L, Sambola, A, Brugada, J, Vacca, M, Marrugat, J, Elosua, R, Paré, C, Azqueta, M, Sanz, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
athlete's heart
Atrial Fibrillation - drug therapy
Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology
Atrial Fibrillation - etiology
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac dysrhythmias
Cardiology. Vascular system
Echocardiography
Heart
Humans
Lone atrial fibrillation
Male
Medical sciences
Sports - physiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
vagal atrial fibrillation
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Summary:Aims To analyse whether the proportion of patients with lone atrial fibrillation engaged in chronic sport practice was higher than that observed in the general population. Methods and Results The records of 1160 patients, seen at the arrhythmia outpatient clinic, were reviewed. A total of 70 patients (6%) suffered lone atrial fibrillation and were younger than 65 years. Thirty two of them had been engaged in long-term sport practice. All patients in the sport group were men as compared to only 50% in the sedentary group (P
ISSN:0195-668X
1522-9645
DOI:10.1053/euhj.2001.2802