Posted by steve giddings on August 07, 2001 at 11:10:35:
In Reply to: Re: More on Chronic Lone AF and the Maze Operation posted by Ed Wehan on August 07, 2001 at 01:19:32:
Ed:
You are absoultely correct, the data is skewed and that is why it is so hard to do epidemiology studies. There has only been one to my knowledge, an observational study published in Lancet 3 or 4 years ago that suggested af may be about 10 more common in masters endurance athletes than in the general population. Just as an aside, the current World Champion and Olympic Gold Medal winner in men's olympic single sculls, Rob Waddell, had onset of AF at age 21 or 22. He's a behemoth,about 6'7" I think, with an absolute vO2 max around 8 litres per minute.