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This RCT currently includes endurance-trained individuals diagnosed with #Afib in 🇦🇺🇧🇪🇳🇴
Inclusion criteria:
✅Documented AF
✅≥2 episodes last 6 months
✅Otherwise healthy
✅≥5 hours/week of endurance exercise
Protocol: bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/9…
@Rikwilliams5 @KJanssensAU
Great presentations by NEXAF PhD-candidates @KristofferRJ89 and @BergSellevold at the annual meeting of The 🇳🇴 AF Research Network @AfibNo
Why are athletes prone to atrial fibrillation and should they stop training when diagnosed?
NEXAF researcher @MariusMyrstad has contributed to this story in @ScienceMagazine
Enjoyed contributing to this @ScienceMagazine piece on AF in athletes alongside @ALaGerche @MariusMyrstad @EP_mom1, Nikola Drca and Jack Goodman
Why are elite athletes prone to abnormal heart rhythms? | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
Great presentation by NEXAF PhD-candidate @KristofferRJ89 at the #ESCPrev2024
Atrial Fibrillation associated with ⬆️ mortality in endurance athletes. But absolute risk much lower compared to non-athletes. ➡️ Management of CV risk factors important in athletes with AF
NEXAF-leder Marius Myrstad gjestet nylig NRK-podcasten Skiklubben. I denne episoden diskuteres ulike temaer knyttet til trening og hjertet, inkludert atrieflimmer og NEXAF Detraining-studien @SiljeNordnes @EGukild @NRKradio radio.nrk.no/podkast/skiklub…
Birkebeinere lever lengre enn sine jevnaldrende! @KristofferRJ89 @eivindso @MorsethBente @MariusMyrstad @epidag @SilvanaSandbakk @majalisalochen1 nexaf.no/2024/01/25/birkebei…
Bærum hospital 🇳🇴 is the first site to reach 30 included athletes in The NEXAF Detraining Study on effects of reduced exercise intensity on AF burden in endurance athletes - congratulations @MariusMyrstad @TuridApelland Still including at all sites! 🇦🇨🇧🇪
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Great summary of our AFNOR study in This Week in Cardiology, the best medical podcast by @drjohnm medscape.com/viewarticle/999… at 22.45 min via @medscape @MariamAnjumMD
Congratulations to NEXAF fellow @eivindso who defended his PhD-thesis yesterday!
Congrats to @eivindso who brilliantly defended his thesis for the PhD today 🤩👏🫀@UniOslo_MED @VestreViken
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In 2 days: The dissertation of @eivindso on cardiac remodeling in endurance athletes with and without #AFib med.uio.no/klinmed/english/r… @VestreViken @UniOslo_MED @diakonhjemmet @AfibNo
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Andre is currently running a study with @MariusMyrstad on the impact of training intensity on atrial fibrillation (AF). Endurance-trained (>5h/week) individuals suffering from AF may participate. Read about the @NEXAF1-study and how to get in touch here nexaf.no/nexaf-research-on-a…
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Highly recommended listening : @ALaGerche brilliantly explains #afib (including relation with exercise, sex differences, exercise with afib and distinction from ventricular arrhythmias, starting after 43 Min) + other cardiac conditions in athletes. Great podcast @GlennMcConell1
Now online
Really interesting chat with top Sports Cardiologist @ALaGerche
Exercise can cause right ventricle “fatigue”, increased coronary artery calcium and atrial fibrillation
But, it’s beneficial for the heart
Spotify (shorturl.at/qBLN4), Apple Podcasts, YouTube etc
NEXAF retweeted
Does vigorous endurance exercise cause #Afib in women? Despite low prevalence of risk factors, we found a relatively high prevalence in older female athletes, suggesting exercise may promote #Afib also in women academic.oup.com/eurjpc/adva… @AfibNo
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While some athletes experience #afib episodes during exercise, others have symptoms at rest. Reflecting different mechanisms? We found a 3 to 6-fold higher rate of AF episodes during and within the first 3 hours after training #ESCcongress
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@MariusMyrstad presenting initial data from the @NEXAF1 Detraining Study #ESCCongress! #Afib episodes in endurance athletes often occurring during exercise. @eivindso @JonMagne @TuridApelland @ALaGerche @guido_claessen
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Great session with nice discussions about arrhythmias in athletes at the #ESCongress this morning with @MichaelPapadak2 and the other speakers #sportscardiology @El_Cavarretta
What is the temporal association between exercise and #AFib episodes in endurance athletes? First answers tomorrow at the #ESC2023
1 day to go! Looking forward to present first data from The @NEXAF1 Detraining study at #ESCcongress tomorrow on the temporal association between exercise and #Afib episodes in athletes 🇳🇴🇦🇺
Science box 2 4.45 pm! #sportscardiology @KJanssensAU @eivindso @JonMagne
Atrial Fibrillation is the most prevalent cardiac condition in master athletes
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to screen master athletes for CV diseases. But if we are to, we should also look for atrial fibrillation, at least in those >65yrs.
Consumer ECGs are suitable sreening tools in this population
@ESC_Journals @trygve_berge @eivindso
First 🇧🇪 athlete has been included in the NEXAF Detraining study. Cyclists and other athletes with atrial fibrillation are included at four hospitals in Belgium
@UZLeuven
@UZAnieuws
@azJanPalfijn
@JessaZiekenhuis
@BELCycling
Athletes can get in touch here: nexaf.no/nexaf-research-on-a…
Endurance athletes are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation. Belgium🇧🇪 is the third country after 🇳🇴🇦🇺 to include athletes in the first study ever on effects of training intensity on #AFib in athletes. @BELCycling
cyclingweekly.com/fitness/ma…
