Interesting article out earlier this year. Study shows elevated prevalence of aortic dilatation among aging endurance athletes without clear explanatory risk factors, suggesting that long-term endurance exercise is associated with aortic enlargement.
Among 442 masters athletes (50-75 years old), 21% (31% of males and 6% of females) had aorta of 40 mm or larger. not clear whether it is a benign adaptation and another feature of the so-called athlete's heart or pathophysiology with the sort of attendant risk seen in nonathletes.
https://jamanetwork.com/...cle-abstract/2761954
Among 442 masters athletes (50-75 years old), 21% (31% of males and 6% of females) had aorta of 40 mm or larger. not clear whether it is a benign adaptation and another feature of the so-called athlete's heart or pathophysiology with the sort of attendant risk seen in nonathletes.
https://jamanetwork.com/...cle-abstract/2761954