Endurance sport practice as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter by Lluís Mont,...

Endurance sport practice as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter

by Lluís Mont, Roberto Elosua, and Josep Brugada

EuropaceVolume 11(1):11-17December 16, 2008

Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: [email protected]

Patients with a history of endurance sports before ablation (n = 31) developed significantly more atrial fibrillation than controls or those with a history of other type o sports activity after flutter

ablation (reproduced from reference 8, with permission).

Lluís Mont et al. Europace 2009;11:11-17


Thin-plate smoothing spline regression results assessing the non-linear relation between height and occurrence of lone atrial fibrillation (left panel), and the linear relation between left atrial (LA) diameter and occurrence of lone atrial fibrillation (right panel) (reproduced from reference 9, with

permission).



Classical triangle of Coumel suggesting possible etiopathogenic factors influencing the development of atrial fibrillation in athletes.



Twenty-four hours recording of heart rate showing a nocturnal episode of atrial fibrillation.



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