Abstract
All available medical evidence shows that functional capacity at the cellular, tissue, organ, and system levels decreases with age. The most important losses in the cardiovascular system are related to heart function. The ability of the heart to pump blood (maximum cardiac output) declines approximately 8% per decade after adulthood.1 Blood pressure typically increases with age as fatty deposits gradually clog the coronary arteries and the circulation decreases.
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De Vries, H.A. (1984). Exercise. In: Cassel, C.K., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5232-0_13
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