Association of Ascending Aortic Dilatation and Long-term Endurance Exercise Among Older Masters-Level Athletes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Aortic dilatation is frequently encountered in clinical practice among aging endurance athletes, but the distribution of aortic sizes in this population is unknown. It is additionally uncertain whether this may represent aortic adaptation to long-term exercise, similar to the well-established process of ventricular remodeling.

Objective

To assess the prevalence of aortic dilatation among long-term masters-level male and female athletes with about 2 decades of exercise exposure.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study evaluated aortic size in veteran endurance athletes. Masters-level rowers and runners aged 50 to 75 years were enrolled from competitive athletic events across the United States from February to October 2018. Analysis began

SUBMITTER: Churchill TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7240353 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature