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- Title
What Is Normal for an Aging Heart?: A Prospective CMR Cohort Study.
- Authors
Kersten, Johannes; Hackenbroch, Carsten; Bouly, Muriel; Tyl, Benoit; Bernhardt, Peter
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study aims to investigate normal changes throughout aging of the heart in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in healthy volunteers. While type 2 diabetes mellitus is a frequent finding in the elderly population, also the influence of this circumstance in otherwise healthy persons is part of our study. METHODS: In this prospective single-center trial, 75 healthy subjects in distinct age groups and 10 otherwise healthy diabetics were enrolled. All subjects underwent functional, flow sensitive, native T2- and T1-mapping in a 1.5T CMR scanner. RESULTS: No differences in right and left ventricular ejection fractions were observed between aging healthy groups. Bi-ventricular volumes lowered significantly (p<0.001) between the age groups. There was also a significant decrease in myocardial T1 values, aortic distensibility, and left ventricular peak diastolic strain rates. There were no differences in T2 mapping and the other deformation parameters. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus had lower end-diastolic volume indexes; all the other measurements were comparable. CONCLUSIONS: Aging processes in the healthy heart involve a decrease in ventricular volumes, with ejection fractions remaining normal. Stiffening of the myocardium and aorta and a decrease in T1 values are potential indications of age-related remodeling. Type 2 diabetes mellitus seems to have no major influence on aging processes of the heart. Trial Registration: EudraCT Identifier: EudraCT 2017-000045-42.
- Subjects
CARDIAC magnetic resonance imaging; VENTRICULAR ejection fraction; HEART aging
- Publication
Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, 2022, Vol 30, Issue 3, p202
- ISSN
2586-7210
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4250/jcvi.2022.0021