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Study Finds Retired NFL Players Have Enlarged Aortas

Ideastream Public Media | By Ryan Landolph
Published November 9, 2017 at 4:57 PM EST
Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic find that retired NFL players have enlarged aortas compared to non-athletes.
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Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic find that retired NFL players have enlarged aortas compared to non-athletes.
Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic find that retired NFL players have enlarged aortas compared to non-athletes.
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Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic find that retired NFL players have enlarged aortas compared to non-athletes.

A new study from the finds that a group of retired NFL players has aortas that are larger than a non-athletic control group.

, the director of the , says this is the first time any professional athlete has been associated with an enlarged aorta.

鈥淣FL athletes appear to have enlarged aortas compared to sedentary controls, but we still have a lot to learn as to whether this means that they鈥檙e at higher risk of any future complication.鈥�

Phelan says the study was originally designed to look at the overall health of athletes. Researchers then found that 30 percent of the NFL players had enlarged aortas.

Phelan believes more studies are needed to determine if the same trend is seen in other professional athletes.

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Ryan Landolph
Ryan is a senior multimedia journalism student at Kent State University with experience in print and radio journalism. He is working toward a Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Landolph works for Kent State Student Media with Black Squirrel Radio, where he is a sports director and radio host. Additionally, Landolph covers Cleveland sports for FanSided's Factory of Sadness.
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