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A study of presbycardia, with gender differences favoring ageing women

Goldspink, David F., George, Keith P., Chantler, Paul D., Clements, Richard E., Sharp, Lisa, Hodges, Gary, Stephenson, Claire, Reilly, Thomas P., Patwala, Ashish, Szakmany, Tamas, Tan, Lip-Bun and Cable, N. Timothy 2009. A study of presbycardia, with gender differences favoring ageing women. International Journal of Cardiology 137 (3) , pp. 236-245. 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.086

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Abstract

Background The impact of ageing on the human cardiovascular system has been the subject of several studies in recent years, but with insufficient emphasis on defining sex-specific differences. To rectify this, gender-specific differences in structure and function in the human cardiovascular system were studied in a European population during natural ageing. Methods Cardiac power output (CPO) was measured and integrated with changes in left ventricular (LV) mass, diastolic, systolic and limb blood flow, blood pressure and exercise capacity in 93 health-screened men and 122 women, aged 20 to 75 years. Results Correlating with a 21% loss of LV mass, maximum cardiac pumping (i.e. CPOmax = Q̇max x MAPmax) and reserve (CR = CPOmax − CPOrest) capacities decreased 20–25% with age in male hearts. In contrast, CPOmax, CR and LV mass were all preserved in ageing women. Maximum cardiac output (Q̇max; 26–32%), peak forearm blood flow (FBFpeak; 61%) and exercise capacity (40–50%) all decreased, but more so in men than women. In contrast, systemic vascular resistance (68–75%) and mean arterial pressure (MAPmax; 14–26%) increased in both sexes. CPOrest decreased 27% in men, but was unchanged in women, despite lower early:late diastolic filling (48–51%), Q̇rest (19–23%) and FBFrest (56%) in both sexes. Conclusions Understanding sex-specific differences in cardiovascular ageing is important for public health and biomedical research, given increasingly larger older populations and the need to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine
Uncontrolled Keywords: healthy ageing, gender differences, overall cardiac function, central and peripheral blood flow, LV mass, exercise capacity
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0167-5273
Last Modified: 30 Jun 2017 02:19
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/25294

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