Lifetime endurance exercise to prevent coronary artery disease. A comparison with late-onset endurance training and a sedentary lifestyle. (CORONARY_ATERY_DISEASE)

The aim of this project is to validate lifetime endurance exercise as a way of coronary prevention and thus provide a scientific basis for the implementation of endurance exercise programs in Flanders. We want to identify risk factors that are associated with the occurrence of side effects of endurance exercise, namely the occurrence of atrial fibrillation and manifest myocardial fibrosis. Through a better understanding of the dose-response relationship between effort and health, this project can lead to an improvement in preventive and therapeutic measures at pre-qualified athletes.