Age related diastolic function in amateur athletes

• Published in: International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2015-03, Vol.31 (3), p.567-573
• Main Authors: Santoro, Amato, Alvino, Federico, Antonelli, Giovanni, Cassano, Francesco Emmanuel, De Vito, Raffaella, Cameli, Matteo, Mondillo, Sergio
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Aging; Athletes; Cardiac Imaging; Cardiology; Case-Control Studies; Diastole; Echocardiography, Doppler; Humans; Imaging; Linear Models; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Predictive Value of Tests; Protective Factors; Radiology; Risk Factors; Swimming; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - prevention & control; Ventricular Function, Left; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1569-5794; 1573-0743; 1875-8312
• DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0592-3

Diastolic function get worse with increasing age. Aim of this study was to investigate the impact of aerobic training on diastolic function with increasing age with speckle tracking echocardiography. We enrolled 125 amateur swimmers (AG), divided in three groups at increasing age: young athletes, adult athletes (AG2), old athletes (AG3). We enrolled 95 sedentary controls (SG) age-matched with athletes and divided into three groups: young sedentary group, adult sedentary group (SG2) and old sedentary group (SG3). AG had better diastolic function than SG. AG showed lower left ventricular twist than controls. E/A ratio got worse at increasing of age in all population (r = −0.34; p