The timing and relationship of ventricular arrhythmia with exercise patterns in veteran male endurance athletes
A significant proportion of highly trained male veteran athletes developed ventricular arrhythmia which was predominantly NSVT and was strongly associated with myocardial fibrosis. Acute exercise exposure was associated with an increased risk of developing ventricular arrhythmia but chronic exercise load was not. Our findings therefore highlight myocardial fibrosis as a potential pro-arrhythmic substrate upon which intense exercise may trigger arrhythmogenesis in certain male veteran athletes.
Authors
- John Pierre Greenwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2861-0914)
- Eylem Levelt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3799-7102)
- Peter Swoboda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-7079)
- Wasim Javed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5677-5708)
- Bradley S. Chambers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-3935)
- D. Plein
- Lee Graham
- Benjamin Brown
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (AU)
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Leeds Dental Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwag021
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 30.07