Men’s hearts age differently from women’s

Men and women are different in many ways. Here is one more. Male and female hears do not age in the same way. In both sexes, the main heart chamber (the left ventricle, which fills with and then forces out blood) gets smaller with time. As a result, less blood enters the heart, and less gets pumped out to the rest of the body.

In men though, the heart muscle that encircles the chamber grows larger and thicker with age. In women, it either retains its size or gets somewhat smaller. The combination of a thicker heart muscle and smaller heart chamber volume heightens the risk of heart failure in men.

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