PMID: 11323541Apr 27, 2001Paper

Left ventricular function and perfusion in elderly endurance athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
F BouvierM Jensen-Urstad

Abstract

To study the extent to which lifelong physical training can affect cardiovascular capacity, left ventricular function, and myocardial perfusion in elderly men. Ten healthy male veteran endurance athletes aged 73 +/- 3 yr (mean +/- SD) and a control group of 12 sedentary or moderately physically active healthy subjects aged 75 +/- 2 yr were studied. Echocardiographic examinations at rest and exercise stress tests were performed. Gated blood pool scans and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy were recorded at rest and during exercise. Maximal VO2 was 41 +/- 7 mL.kg-1.min-1 in the athletes and 26 +/- 5 mL.kg-1.min-1 in the controls (P < 0.001). Echocardiographic measures of systolic and diastolic function at rest were better in the athletes. The ejection fraction during exercise was also higher in the athletes (P = 0.003). Seven of the 10 athletes, but none of the controls, had pathological myocardial perfusion findings. By endurance training, a high level of physical capacity can be maintained late in life. The superior cardiovascular function in the veteran athletes, compared with the untrained controls was due to both better systolic and diastolic left ventricular function. Myocardial perfusion defects in athletes should be judged...Continue Reading

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