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Originally posted by drothamel
Well, this isn't a human athlete, but when Secretariat died, they performed an autopsy and found that Secretariat's heart was twice the size of the average horse heart. Obviously, that would help in the oxygenation of the muscles. I thought that was pretty interesting.
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Unfortunately, in humans, an enlarged heart is a hazardous condition, frequently caused by high blood pressure and circulatory problems.