Changes in left ventricular size, geometry, pump function and left heart pressures during healthy aging

• Published in: Reviews in cardiovascular medicine Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 717 - 729
• Main Author: Peverill, Roger E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IMR Press 24.09.2021
• Subjects: age; aging; cardiac output; ejection fraction; left atrial pressure; left ventricle; left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; left ventricular mass; left ventricular volume; stroke volume

There are cross-sectional and longitudinal imaging studies using echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance in healthy adult subjects which have demonstrated associations of left ventricular (LV) structure and pump function with age. There are also cross-sectional data regarding the relationshi...