Abstract
The heart volume was followed over a 7-year period in 819 healthy men aged 40 to 59 years. The subjects were selected on the basis of unremarkable clinical findings and technically satisfactory films on two occasions 7 years apart. On both occasions the mean heart volume in the upright position was 390 ml/m2 (96.6% below 500), uninfluenced by age, and moderately larger in subjects with high physical fitness. Inclusion of subjects who were healthy during the baseline examination, but who developed heart disease or other diseases during the follow-up period, would have increased the mean heart volume by 15 ml/m2. Latent coronary heart disease did not influence the heart volume, but intercurrent myocardial infection increased the follow-up volumes significantly.
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