ArticleOpen heart2022
Associations between physical activity, left atrial size and incident atrial fibrillation: the Tromsø Study 1994-2016.
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- Clinical and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Characteristics of Veteran Male Endurance Athletes With Atrial Fibrillation: VENTOUX-AF.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
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- Racial and Gender Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Atrial Fibrillation.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Effect of physical activity on incident atrial fibrillation in individuals with varying duration of diabetes: a nationwide population study.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2024Article
- Risk Factors and Prognosis of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly Patients Undergoing VATS Lung Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Vascular health and risk management · 2024Article
- Exercise-Induced Arrhythmia or Munchausen Syndrome in a Marathon Runner?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Protecting against sedentary lifestyle, left atrial enlargement and atrial fibrillation.Open heart · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimsLeft atrial (LA) enlargement is an independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF). Interestingly, some athletes have increased risk of AF, which may be linked to LA enlargement; however, little is known about the relationship between LA enlargement and AF risk at moderate-level physical activity (PA). We aimed to explore the associations between PA, LA size and risk of incident AF, and if PA can attenuate the risk of AF with LA enlargement.
methodsThis prospective study followed 2479 participants (52.4% female), free from known cardiac pathology, for median 20.2 years. Participants were followed up for hospital-diagnosed AF, confirmed by electrocardiography, from 1994-95 through 2016. At baseline, LA size was evaluated by anteroposterior LA diameter, and PA was self-reported by questionnaire.
resultsWe observed a U-shaped relationship between PA and AF, and moderately active had 32% lower AF risk than inactive (HR
conclusionModerate PA was associated with reduced AF risk, and PA attenuated the increased risk of AF with LA enlargement in both men and women and all age groups.
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