Occult atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes

Abstract

Ashim Aggarwal,1 Jeffrey J Heslop,1 Rebecca R Wigant,1 Suneetha Venkatapuram,1 Stephanie J Hillis,1 Alan R Parr,1 Hakan Oral,2 Timir S Baman11Cardiology Department, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL, USA; 2Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAAlthough low-to-moderate intensity exercise has been shown to result in decreased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, limited data suggest that there may be an association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and trained endurance athletes.1 The aim of our study was to prospectively evaluate moderately trained athletes for the occurrence of occult AF.

Keywords

• arrhythmia
• atrial fibrillation
• athletes