ArticleJournal of cardiovascular translational research2023
Long-Term Training Increases Atrial Fibrillation Sustainability in Standardbred Racehorses.
Article in Journal of cardiovascular translational research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation-like bursts in racehorses: do they affect speed and performance? A case control study.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2026Article
- Mechanical properties, collagen and glycosaminoglycan content of equine superficial digital flexor tendons are not affected by training.Journal of anatomy · 2026Article
- Metformin Protects Against Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in an Equine Model.Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology · 2025Article
- Horse model of spontaneous atrial fibrillation share proteomic changes with humans.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- From moderate to strenuous training: unravelling mechanistic contributors and biomarkers for atrial fibrillation in exercise.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025Article
- Histological evaluation of cardiac remodelling in equine athletes.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors MFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Multiple Catheter Recording in Horses to Investigate Atrial Depolarization Pattern During Sinus Rhythm and Induced Premature Atrial Complexes.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is more prevalent in athletes, and currently, the mechanisms are not fully understood. Atrial fibrillation inducibility and stability was investigated in trained and untrained Standardbred racehorses. The horses underwent echocardiography for evaluation of atrial size. High-density mapping during AF was performed, and the presence of structural remodeling, as well as the expression of inflammatory and pro-inflammatory markers in the atria, was studied. Atrial fibrillation sustained significantly longer after tachypacing in the trained horses, whereas no difference in AF inducibility was found. The untrained horses displayed a significant difference in the AF complexity when comparing right and left atria, whereas such difference was not observed in the trained animals. No evidence of increased structural remodeling or inflammation could be identified. Left atrial dimensions were not significantly increased. The increased AF sustainability in trained horses was not related to fibrosis or inflammation as seen in other animal exercise models.
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