TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of healthy aging on left ventricular relaxation and diastolic suction
AU - Carrick-Ranson, Graeme
AU - Hastings, Jeffrey L.
AU - Bhella, Paul S.
AU - Shibata, Shigeki
AU - Fujimoto, Naoki
AU - Dean Palmer, M.
AU - Boyd, Kara
AU - Levine, Benjamin D.
PY - 2012/8/1
Y1 - 2012/8/1
N2 - Doppler ultrasound measures of left ventricular (LV) active relaxation and diastolic suction are slowed with healthy aging. It is unclear to what extent these changes are related to alterations in intrinsic LV properties and/or cardiovascular loading conditions. Seventy carefully screened individuals (38 female, 32 male) aged 21-77 were recruited into four age groups (young: < 35; early middle age: 35-49; late middle age: 50-64 and seniors: ≥65 yr). Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), stroke volume, LV end-diastolic volume, and Doppler measures of LV diastolic filling were collected at multiple loading conditions, including supine baseline, lower body negative pressure to reduce LV filling, and saline infusion to increase LV filling. LV mass, supine PCWP, and heart rate were not affected significantly by aging. Measures of LV relaxation, including isovolumic relaxation time and the time constant of isovolu-mic pressure decay increased progressively, whereas peak early mitral annular longitudinal velocity decreased with advancing age (P < 0.001). The propagation velocity of early mitral inflow, a noninvasive measure of LV suction, decreased with aging with the greatest reduction in seniors (P < 0.001). Age-related differences in LV relaxation and diastolic suction were not attenuated significantly when PCWP was increased in older subjects or reduced in the younger subjects. There is an early slowing of LV relaxation and diastolic suction beginning in early middle age, with the greatest reduction observed in seniors. Because age-related differences in LV dynamic diastolic filling parameters were not diminished significantly with significant changes in LV loading conditions, a decline in ventricular relaxation is likely responsible for the alterations in LV diastolic filling with senescence.
AB - Doppler ultrasound measures of left ventricular (LV) active relaxation and diastolic suction are slowed with healthy aging. It is unclear to what extent these changes are related to alterations in intrinsic LV properties and/or cardiovascular loading conditions. Seventy carefully screened individuals (38 female, 32 male) aged 21-77 were recruited into four age groups (young: < 35; early middle age: 35-49; late middle age: 50-64 and seniors: ≥65 yr). Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), stroke volume, LV end-diastolic volume, and Doppler measures of LV diastolic filling were collected at multiple loading conditions, including supine baseline, lower body negative pressure to reduce LV filling, and saline infusion to increase LV filling. LV mass, supine PCWP, and heart rate were not affected significantly by aging. Measures of LV relaxation, including isovolumic relaxation time and the time constant of isovolu-mic pressure decay increased progressively, whereas peak early mitral annular longitudinal velocity decreased with advancing age (P < 0.001). The propagation velocity of early mitral inflow, a noninvasive measure of LV suction, decreased with aging with the greatest reduction in seniors (P < 0.001). Age-related differences in LV relaxation and diastolic suction were not attenuated significantly when PCWP was increased in older subjects or reduced in the younger subjects. There is an early slowing of LV relaxation and diastolic suction beginning in early middle age, with the greatest reduction observed in seniors. Because age-related differences in LV dynamic diastolic filling parameters were not diminished significantly with significant changes in LV loading conditions, a decline in ventricular relaxation is likely responsible for the alterations in LV diastolic filling with senescence.
KW - Aging
KW - Diastolic function
KW - Doppler imaging
KW - Relaxation
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpheart.00142.2012
DO - 10.1152/ajpheart.00142.2012
M3 - Article
C2 - 22661507
AN - SCOPUS:84864565710
SN - 0363-6135
VL - 303
SP - 315
EP - 322
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
IS - 3
ER -