Cardiac adaptations to 60 day head‐down‐tilt bed rest deconditioning. Findings from the AGBRESA study

摘要

Reduced physical activity increases the risk of heart failure; however, non‐invasive methodologies detecting subclinical changes in myocardial function are not available. We hypothesized that myocardial, left ventricular, systolic strain measurements could capture subtle abnormalities in myocardial function secondary to physical inactivity.