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Endurance sport practice as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter by Lluís Mont, Roberto Elosua, and Josep Brugada Europace Volume 11(1):11-17.

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1 Endurance sport practice as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter by Lluís Mont, Roberto Elosua, and Josep Brugada Europace Volume 11(1):11-17 December 16, 2008 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

2 Patients with a history of endurance sports before ablation (n = 31) developed significantly more atrial fibrillation than controls or those with a history of other type o sports activity after flutter ablation (reproduced from reference 8, with permission). Lluís Mont et al. Europace 2009;11:11-17 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

3 Thin-plate smoothing spline regression results assessing the non-linear relation between height and occurrence of lone atrial fibrillation (left panel), and the linear relation between left atrial (LA) diameter and occurrence of lone atrial fibrillation (right panel) (reproduced from reference 9, with permission). Lluís Mont et al. Europace 2009;11:11-17 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

4 Classical triangle of Coumel suggesting possible etiopathogenic factors influencing the development of atrial fibrillation in athletes. Lluís Mont et al. Europace 2009;11:11-17 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

5 Twenty-four hours recording of heart rate showing a nocturnal episode of atrial fibrillation. Lluís Mont et al. Europace 2009;11:11-17 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org


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