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Left ventricular longitudinal shortening: relation to stroke volume and ejection fraction in ageing, blood pressure, body size and gender in the HUNT3 study.

Asbjørn StøylenHåvard DalenHarald Edvard Molmen
Published in: Open heart (2020)
MAPSE contributes approximately 75% and short axis shortening 25% to SV. Both decline with age, but their percentage contributions to SV are unchanged. EF is preserved by the simultaneous decrease in LVEDV and SV. Myocardial volume is positively associated with age, but this is only related to higher BP, which may have implications for BP treatment in ageing. The myocardium is near incompressible.
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