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Men's Health Australia

THE HIDDEN HEART PROBLEM

ORKING OUT IS ONE of the healthiest things you can do for your heart, so imagine exercising intensely for a decade – like cycling at least 25 hours a week – and then finding out you have, of all things, a heart problem. That’s what happened to Dr Fabian Sanchis-Gomar. At 26, he was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, or AFib. It’s a heart-rhythm disorder that increases your risk of a stroke

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