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Spontaneous atrial fibrillation in a freestyle skier
G Whyte1, N Stephens, S Sharma
1CRY Centre for Sports Cardiology, British Olympic Medical Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK. greg.whyte@boa.org.uk
British Journal of Sports Medicine
|March 25, 2004
Abstract:
A male freestyle skier was found to have atrial fibrillation during a routine physiological assessment. This was found to be associated with the consumption of an unusually large amount of alcohol. Athletes should be counselled about the potential dangers of alcohol consumption before exhaustive exercise.