Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Regular exercise has proven to be a healthy habit that decreases risk factors and atherosclerosis; however, it increases the risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death in individuals with pre-existing cardiac diseases.Generalised pre-participation screening programmes are being increasingly implemented; however, their cost effectiveness has not yet been clearly established.More recently, data suggest that athlete's heart, secondary to long term endurance sport practice, may increase the incidence of arrhythmias, particularly atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter, sinus node dysfunction, and eventually right ventricular tachycardia.Given the fact that an increasing number of individuals engage in regular endurance sport practice, it is certainly of great interest to define which recommendations for sport practice should be implemented in an individual patient and determine how best to manage arrhythmias in sport practitioners.
Source: Heart
Author: Lluis Mont
Institutions: Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2125119734