LAA morphology has been discussed here previously, here is a search and most of the hits are relevant <[
www.afibbers.org]
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Joe
BTW, an interesting Sauna study at the end of your link, Liz
Thanks for posting!
The sauna study is interesting, it rotated off the link, so here is what Joe was referring to: <[
www.medpagetoday.com]
Dr. Rhonda Patrick has looked at this a lot. She interviews Dr. Jari Laukkanen, who has studied this a lot here <[
www.foundmyfitness.com] and she has more in this search: <[
www.google.com]
The development of heat shock proteins appears to be very beneficial.
I'm guessing an afibber with adrenergic triggers might need to be cautious with sauna use. As an afibber with vagal triggers, I like them. I converted a 2.5'x4' shower with a sliding glass door to a heat lamp sauna with 4 250-watt heat lamp bulbs. I insulated the sauna walls and ceiling with Reflectix brand aluminum foil insulation which sandwiches a thin layer of bubble wrap. I used this guy's ideas for the lamp board <[
drlwilson.com] but I have four in a diamond pattern. The interior temp of my near infrared heat lamp sauna is far lower than the 100 deg C in the study. Mine is typically in the 105 deg F (40 C) range, can get has high as 115 F. However my oral temperature typically raises 2 deg F which is similar to what happens to my oral temp when I use a traditional sauna at the rec. center. Not sure what the air temp of that sauna is. In my sauna, it takes about 6 minutes for me to start sweating profusely. My sessions are usually 12 minutes facing front to the heat lamps, then I rotate 90 degrees for 6 minutes and continue to rotate 90 degrees every 6 minutes, finishing with 6 minutes again on the front.
Another possible way it may be useful is providing radiant energy to "structure" water. It appears that most of the water in our cells as well in our blood may be structured. Here is a lecture on structured water by Dr. Gerald Pollack <[
www.youtube.com] In the second video on this page (8:31 min in duration): <[
www.pollacklab.org] Dr. Pollack notes that blood cells are larger than capillaries. Hence how do they fit and move. Possibly the charge separation caused by the structuring of water?