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Professional cyclist underwent ablation, back in competitive sport

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This may be of interest to those who are into endurance sports: cyclingnews.com/news/gesink...

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It's quite surprising the number of active athletes who have AFib. I know they get the best treatment, but still there is hope for us all. This is a pretty good link showing celebrities with AF. pinterest.com/ssryan90265/c...

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Japaholic

This pisses me off loads, two tier health care for those that have while us mere plebs rely on the NHS and being told it's a 6 month wait to see a cardiologist.

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Loo53 in reply to Japaholic

Know where your coming from Jap and it pisses me off too but at the end of the day no matter how you got your treatment they all stand as much chance of success or failure of treatment as the rest of us plebs out here :-D wow Jason what an eye opener !

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