Age related structural and functional changes in left ventricular performance in healthy subjects: a 2D echocardiographic study

• Published in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 2037 - 2047
• Main Authors: Vriz, Olga, Pirisi, Mario, Habib, Eiad, Galzerano, Domenico, Fadel, Bahaa, Antonini-Canterin, Francesco, Veldtman, Gruschen, Bossone, Eduardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.11.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adaptation, Physiological; Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Body size; Cardiac Imaging; Cardiology; Contractility; Coupling; Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Doppler; Female; Flow velocity; Healthy Volunteers; Heart; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Hemodynamics; Humans; Imaging; Independent variables; Male; Mathematical analysis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Myocardial Contraction; Original Paper; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Radiology; Sex Factors; Stiffness; Stroke volume; Structure-function relationships; Ventricle; Ventricular Function, Left; Ventricular Remodeling; Wall thickness; Young Adult; Aging; Echocardiography; Left ventricular function

Left ventricular (LV) adaptation to aging is currently poorly understood. We aimed to characterize age related changes in LV structure and function by studying a large group of healthy subjects across a wide age range. Prospectively enrolled healthy volunteers (n = 778, 327 females; age 18 to 100 ye...