The effect of lifelong endurance exercise on cardiovascular structure and exercise function in women.

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The beneficial effects of sustained or lifelong (>25 years) endurance exercise on cardiovascular structure and exercise function have been largely established in men. The current findings indicate that committed (≥4 weekly exercise sessions) lifelong exercise results in substantial benefits in exercise capacity ( V̇O2max ), cardiovascular function at submaximal and maximal exercise, left ventricular mass and compliance, and blood volume compared to similarly aged or even younger (middle-age) untrained women. Endurance exercise training should be considered a key strategy to prevent cardiovascular disease with ageing in women as well as men.

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This study was a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of exercise performance and left ventricular (LV) morpholog

SUBMITTER: Carrick-Ranson G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7347229 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature