HH4A Heart Health for Athletes
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So, you’ve had an episode of atrial fibrillation that is now resolved. What next? The findings of a UK study published earlier this month in…
Continue reading → Guidelines for managing atrial fibrillation: New findings
I came across an article that was published at CyclingTips a couple of years ago, '"I thought I was going to die" - Will Walker…
Continue reading → Professional cyclists hide their heart arrhythmias
This article is motivated by some incidental conversations I’ve had with fellow athletes in recent times regarding dissatisfaction with their own medication regimes. The use…
Continue reading → Do you know how your medications work? Athletes and beta blockers.
An athlete who routinely trains for more than an hour a day may develop athletic heart syndrome, also known as athlete’s heart. Athletes will often…
New evidence is emerging to show that the right ventricle is subjected to much greater stresses during exertion than the left ventricle. And, prolonged exercise…
Continue reading → The Heart’s Right Ventricle: The true Achilles’ heel of the endurance athlete?
