Long-lasting sport practice and lone atrial fibrillation

Long-lasting sport practice and lone atrial fibrillation.

AIMS To analyse whether the proportion of patients with lone atrial fibrillation engaged in chronic sport practice was higher than that observed in the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS The records of 1160 patients, seen at the arrhythmia outpatient clinic, were reviewed. A total of 70 patients (6%) suffered lone atrial fibrillation and were younger than 65 years. Thirty two of them had...

Endurance Sport Practice and Atrial Fibrillation.

Quinidine for Pharmacological Cardioversion of Long-lasting Atrial Fibrillation.

Background: In the daily clinical practice, patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) lasting more than 48h (or not datable at all) are not uncommon. In long-lasting AF changes in electrophysiological features (electrical remodeling) can occur, resulting in a loss of sensibility to most antiarrhythmic drugs. There is strong evidence that the main mechanism involved in electrical remodeling is a gl...

Reduced apelin levels in lone atrial fibrillation.

AIMS Apelin is an endogenous peptide hormone that appears to have a physiological role in counter-regulation of the angiotensin and vasopressin systems. This peptide has been reported to be down-regulated in subjects with acute heart failure, but has not been studied in other cardiovascular conditions. We studied apelin levels in 73 subjects with lone atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RES...

Magnesium & Potassium in Lone Atrial Fibrillation

s of Journal of Japanese Society for Magnesium Research, J.J.S.Mg R. Vol. 14, No.1(1995), pp. 35-44. http://www.mgwater.com/jmgr95 1.shtml#REP46. Oral Magnesium Supplementation to Patients Receiving Diuretics: Normalization ofMagnesium, Potassium and Sodium, and Potassium Pumps in the Skeletal Muscles, Ugeskr Laeger (Denmark) Jul 4 1994, 156 (27) p4007-10, 4013.7. Daily Intake o...