#Excercise #Aortopathy

10k steps/day physical activity (Garmin) for 6 mo Slow down enlargement rate of #AorticRoot (Echo) in #MarfanSyndrome

15 Ctrl 12 yr+24 Intervention 14 yr

0.13 vs -0.01 cm/yr 🤠

Dr. Elif S.S. Tierney lab JAHA 2022 @MarfanFdn
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.027598

Can anyone rec papers on the normal growth rate of aorta dimension in healthy children/teenagers?🙏