{"id":394,"date":"2023-08-18T17:42:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cycling-science.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2023-08-18T19:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:00:13","slug":"episode-18-atrial-fibrillation-in-cyclists-interview-with-prof-gerry-mccann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/18\/episode-18-atrial-fibrillation-in-cyclists-interview-with-prof-gerry-mccann\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 18 &#8211; Atrial fibrillation in cyclists, interview with Prof Gerry McCann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this episode I speak to Prof Gerry McCann who is a heart specialist with a subspecialist interest in MRI scanning; he conducts experimental research in people to better understand heart disease and clinical trials to assess the optimal investigation strategies and treatments for patients with, or at risk of developing, heart disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor McCann is the Cardiovascular theme lead for NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, the immediate past-chair of the British Society of Cardiovascular MRI research group, lead of the PhOSP-COVID cardiovascular working group and East Midlands Cardiovascular Clinical Research network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerry and I actually studied together at Glasgow University and in this interview we discuss atrial fibrillation, or AF as it is known, as it relates to cyclists. There is some evidence that high volumes of endurance training like cycling may be a contributory factor the the development of atrial fibrillation therefore we discuss exactly what it is, what are the specific risks and potential treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-anchor-fm-inc wp-block-embed-anchor-fm-inc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Episode 18 - Atrial fibrillation in cyclists, Interview with Prof Gerry McCann by Cycling Science Podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/cycling-science\/embed\/episodes\/Episode-18---Atrial-fibrillation-in-cyclists--Interview-with-Prof-Gerry-McCann-e288mp5#?secret=nHFPs9Jqua\" data-secret=\"nHFPs9Jqua\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>References<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andersen, Kasper, Bahman Farahmand, Anders Ahlbom, Claes Held, Sverker Ljunghall, Karl Micha\u00eblsson, and Johan Sundstr\u00f6m. 2013. \u2018Risk of Arrhythmias in 52 755 Long-Distance Cross-Country Skiers: A Cohort Study\u2019. <em>European Heart Journal<\/em> 34 (47): 3624\u201331. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/eurheartj\/eht188\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/eurheartj\/eht188<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodward, Alistair, Sandar Tin Tin, Rob N Doughty, and Shanthi Ameratunga. 2015. \u2018Atrial Fibrillation and Cycling: Six Year Follow-up of the Taupo Bicycle Study\u2019. <em>BMC Public Health<\/em> 15 (January): 23. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-014-1341-6\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-014-1341-6<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanna, Giuseppe D., Eleonora Gabrielli, Elena De Vito, Giuseppe Nusdeo, Domenico Prisco, and Guido Parodi. 2018. \u2018Atrial Fibrillation in Athletes: From Epidemiology to Treatment in the Novel Oral Anticoagulants Era\u2019. <em>Journal of Cardiology<\/em> 72 (4): 269\u201376. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jjcc.2018.04.011\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jjcc.2018.04.011<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ricci, Cristian, Federico Gervasi, Maddalena Gaeta, Cornelius M Smuts, Aletta E Schutte, and Michael F Leitzmann. 2018. \u2018Physical Activity Volume in Relation to Risk of Atrial Fibrillation. A Non-Linear Meta-Regression Analysis\u2019. <em>European Journal of Preventive Cardiology<\/em> 25 (8): 857\u201366. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/2047487318768026\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/2047487318768026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode I speak to Prof Gerry McCann who is a heart specialist with a subspecialist interest in MRI scanning; he conducts experimental research in people to better understand&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/18\/episode-18-atrial-fibrillation-in-cyclists-interview-with-prof-gerry-mccann\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-cycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398,"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions\/398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cycling-science.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}