As you grow older, your heart adjusts. These adjustments come with trade-offs, leaving your heart more vulnerable to disease and other problems. Your maximum heart rate, heart muscle contractility (the ability of cardiac muscle fibers to contract), and the amount of blood coming out of your heart into your body (called stroke volume) all decline with age.
As you grow older, your heart adjusts. These adjustments come with
trade-offs, leaving your heart more vulnerable to disease and other
problems. Your maximum heart rate, heart muscle contractility (the
ability of cardiac muscle fibers to...
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Dr. Vonda Wright answered:As you grow older, your heart adjusts. These adjustments come with trade-offs, leaving your heart more vulnerable to disease and other problems. Your maximum heart rate, heart muscle contractility (the ability of cardiac muscle fibers to contract), and the amount of blood coming out of your heart into your body (called stroke volume) all decline with age.
As you grow older, your heart adjusts. These adjustments come with trade-offs, leaving your heart more vulnerable to disease and other problems. Your maximum heart rate, heart muscle contractility (the ability of cardiac muscle fibers to... More