Activity after atrial fibrillation . . . and other stories
BMJ 2021; 374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1664 (Published 08 July 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;374:n1664
Exercise in people with atrial fibrillation
Physical exercise helps most things, but a retrospective study of 70 000 people living in Korea reports that the benefits in atrial fibrillation are small. People who initiated or continued regular exercise after a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation had a slightly lower risk of heart failure over three years of follow-up compared with those who took no exercise. However, exercise brought no statistically significant reduction in risk of ischaemic stroke (PLoS Med doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003659).
Venous thromboembolism
Although long periods of immobility predispose to venous thromboembolism, a large longitudinal study from the US finds no evidence that people who spend a lot of time …
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