The role of exercise in atrial fibrillation prevention and promotion: finding optimal ranges for health

AD Elliott, B Maatman, MS Emery, P Sanders - Heart rhythm, 2017 - Elsevier
… the evidence that shows an excess of AF among regular participants of endurance exercise.
… It is likely that a reduction of AF risk factors and favorable changes in mechanistic promoters …

Atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes: from mechanism to management

AD Elliott, R Mahajan, DH Lau… - Cardiology …, 2016 - cardiology.theclinics.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) risk is elevated by endurance sports participation. Risk estimates range
… Vagal tone is elevated following the onset of exercise training and may promote re-entry by …

Atrial fibrillation in athletes: a lesson in the virtue of moderation

NAM Estes, C Madias - JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 2017 - jacc.org
… Although the cardiovascular benefits of moderate exerciseendurance athletics increases
the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). … of exercise, the paradox that physical activity may also promote

Exercise and atrial fibrillation: prevention or causation?

AD Elliott, D Linz, CV Verdicchio, P Sanders - Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2018 - Elsevier
endurance exercise training over many years. This evidence will be presented alongside the
potential mechanistic … Nonetheless, it is clear that endurance exercise does promote AF in a …

The counterintuitive role of exercise in the prevention and cause of atrial fibrillation

BJR Buckley, GYH Lip… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
… -term high-intensity endurance) exercise training as a safe … , atrial fibrosis is not the sole
mechanism involved in exercise… stimulation promoted AF via prolongation of the atrial effective …

[PDF][PDF] Endurance Exercise Induced Atrial Fibrillation (AF): Pathophysiology, Treatment and Prevention

T Leowattana, P Leowattana… - Biomedical Journal of …, 2020 - researchgate.net
… The mechanism underlying the increased risk of AF with endurance exercise may be … It
was speculated that long-term endurance exercise may promote cardiac structural changes (…

[PDF][PDF] Endurance Exercise and Atrial Fibrillation--A State of the Art Review.

M Sareban, E Guasch, L Mont… - German …, 2020 - germanjournalsportsmedicine.com
… › Increasing physical activity has convincingly shown to reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (…
Atrial fibrillation promotion by endurance exercise: demonstration and mechanistic exploration

Influence of exercise training on the left atrium: implications for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and stroke

AD Elliott, J Ariyaratnam, EJ Howden… - American Journal …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
… LA physiology at rest and during exercise, before exploring its 46 … Atrial enlargement is
promoted by the AF itself, and is … The impact of endurance exercise training on left ventricular …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of different exercise methods and intensities on the incidence and prognosis of atrial fibrillation

Y Wang, Y Wang, D Xu - Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
… This review aims to comprehensively explore the most recent … Conversely, prolonged
high-intensity endurance exercise … In further mechanistic investigations, researchers suggest that …

[HTML][HTML] Atrial fibrillation (AF) in endurance athletes: a complicated affair

D Stergiou, E Duncan - Current treatment options in cardiovascular …, 2018 - Springer
… point does exercise increase the risk of atrial fibrillation and … atrial electrical and mechanical
remodeling may promote AF. … as a mechanism via which exertion causes atrial remodeling …