Heart Health
Ask the doctor: Do I need to take warfarin for occasional lone atrial fibrillation?
I have seen enough endurance or elite athletes with atrial fibrillation to make me wonder if endurance exercise is somehow linked to atrial fibrillation. Although several researchers have explored the connection, there is not much evidence to support it.
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