What are the Effects of Aging on the Heart?

Effects of Aging on the Heart
This coronary angiography showed 80% stenosis on p-LCX coronary artery, 50% stenosis on m-RCA. It was checked on the first postoperative day. Black arrows indicate stenotic lesions of p-LCX coronary artery and m-RCA. p-LCX: proximal left circumflex, m-RCA: middle right coronary artery. Cardiac arrest in the elderly with silent myocardial ischemia during general anesthesia. Kim SY, Park WY, Ghil JS, Choi JC - Korean journal of anesthesiology (2013). Not Altered. CC.

Effects of aging on the heart are:

  • Epicardial fat increases
  • Basophilic degeneration
  • Sigmoid septum
  • Mitral annulus calcification
  • Aortic valve calcification
  • Prolapsing myxomatous mitral valve
  • Lambl excrescences