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Impact of sports practice resumption post-CA remains unknown. We aimed to determine AF CA efficacy in athletes vs. non-athletes, and to assess the impact of sport practice resumption.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>From 1153 first-time AF CA performed between 2009 and 2017, 73 athletes were matched with 73 sedentary patients based on age, sex, and closest CA procedure date. Athletes were defined as performing \u22656\u2009h\/week of vigorous sports to achieve \u22652000\u2009h accumulated lifetime sports activity. They were mostly males (93.2%) with a mean age of 55\u2009\u00b1\u20099.8\u2009years. Before CA, athletes practiced 10.2\u2009\u00b1\u20093.9\u2009h\/week of vigorous exercise vs. 4.6\u2009\u00b1\u20093.4 after CA. Within first year after CA, physical activity was stopped in 12 (16.4%) athletes, lowered in 45 (61.9%), and resumed at same intensity in 16 (21.9%). Athletes and non-athletes suffered from same AF recurrence rates during 5-year follow-up after CA: 38 (52.0%) vs. 35 (47.9%), respectively [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) on age, body mass index (BMI), obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), 1.17 (0.70\u20131.97, P\u2009=\u20090.54)]. No significant impact of physical activity resumption status was found regarding AF recurrence rates at 1-year and beyond (P\u2009=\u20090.60). Procedure effectiveness was significantly lower in athletes with non-paroxysmal AF [adjusted on age, BMI, reduced LVEF, and OSA HR 2.36 (confidence interval 1.19\u20134.70), P\u2009=\u20090.01].<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Sports practice before and after CA has no significant impact on AF recurrence rates in athletes within 5-year after AF CA.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/euz231","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,24]],"date-time":"2019-07-24T07:25:17Z","timestamp":1563953117000},"page":"1833-1842","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["No impact of sports practice before or after atrial fibrillation ablation on procedure efficacy in athletes: a case\u2013control study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5997-8714","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marie","family":"Decroocq","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ. 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