Countering a common perception a new study has found no evidence of heart damage from long-term endurance training by elite master athletes. All you need to know about heart health. While the media reports with depressing regularity the sudden cardiac death of endurance athletes Belgium scientists earlier published a study that concluded that repeated bouts of intensive endurance exercise at the elite level may result in the pathological enlargement of the right ventricle which according to the article is associated with potential health hazards including sudden cardiac death. Know more about heart disease. The publication of the study in European