Trop de sport délétère pour le cœur ?

National audiencePhysical activity is beneficial for health. Intense sport practice can induce an acute cardiac event in case of underlying heart disease. Sports activity can accelerate the progression of some cardiopathies. In a small number of subjects, excessive sports activity may be the cause of complications: atrial fibrillation, coronary calcifications, aortic dilatation, exercise induced arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiopathy. It is difficult to predict who will develop these rare deleterious effects and studies on this subject must be continued