Does endurance exercise cause atrial fibrillation in women?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 431-432

  Myrstad, Marius ^a   Aarønæs, Marit ^a   Graff Iversen, Sidsel ^b   Nystad, Wenche ^b   Ranhoff, Anette Hylen ^a,c  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Athletes; Atrial fibrillation; Endurance sport; Exercise; Heart disease in women; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84933514316     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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