Age-related normal structural and functional ventricular values in cardiac function assessed by magnetic resonance

The heart is subject to structural and functional changes with advancing age. However, the magnitude of cardiac age-dependent transformation has not been conclusively elucidated. This retrospective cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) study included 183 subjects with normal structural and functional ven...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC medical imaging 2013-02, Vol.13 (1), p.6-6, Article 6
Hauptverfasser: Fiechter, Michael, Fuchs, Tobias A, Gebhard, Catherine, Stehli, Julia, Klaeser, Bernd, Stähli, Barbara E, Manka, Robert, Manes, Costantina, Tanner, Felix C, Gaemperli, Oliver, Kaufmann, Philipp A
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Zusammenfassung:The heart is subject to structural and functional changes with advancing age. However, the magnitude of cardiac age-dependent transformation has not been conclusively elucidated. This retrospective cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) study included 183 subjects with normal structural and functional ventricular values. End systolic volume (ESV), end diastolic volume (EDV), and ejection fraction (EF) were obtained from the left and the right ventricle in breath-hold cine CMR. Patients were classified into four age groups (20-29, 30-49, 50-69, and ≥70 years) and cardiac measurements were compared using Pearson's rank correlation over the four different groups. With advanced age a slight but significant decrease in ESV (r=-0.41 for both ventricles, P
ISSN:1471-2342
1471-2342
DOI:10.1186/1471-2342-13-6