Clinical Follow up and outcomes
Clinical follow-up of patients was performed through periodic ambulatory
clinical visits with ECG, Holter monitoring and ergometric stress test
before resuming sport activity. Patients were asked in detail about
clinical events occurring during the period of follow-up and
documentation of the events was carefully checked. Recurrences were
defined as reactivation of symptoms and/or any documentation of AF
lasting more than 30 sec. At the end of the follow-up all patients were
asked about resuming sport.