Manuel Martínez-Sellés, Bernardo García de la Villa, Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft, Maria Teresa Vidán, Pedro Gil, Luis Cornide, Miriam Ramos Cortés, José Luis González Guerrero, Sonia María Barros Cerviño, Óscar Díaz Castro, Teresa Pareja, Elisabet Sánchez, Danitza Cimera, Marta Vigara, Javier Balaguer, María Victoria Mogollón Jiménez, Fernando Veiga Fernández, Carlos González Juanatey, Ana Testa Fernández, Jesús Mateos Del Nozal, Sandra Vázquez, Noelia Urueña, Javier López Diaz
BACKGROUND: Data on the cardiac characteristics of centenarians are scarce. Our aim was to describe electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiography in a cohort of centenarians and to correlate them with clinical data. METHODS: We used prospective multicenter registry of 118 centenarians (28 men) with a mean age of 101.5±1.7 years. Electrocardiogram was performed in 103 subjects (87.3%) and echocardiography in 100 (84.7%). All subjects underwent a follow-up for at least 6 months...
June 2015: American Heart Journal