title: Loss of cardiovascular adaptations after physical inactivity.
abstract: The main objective of this article is to focus on the loss of cardiovascular adaptations after cessation of exercise. A brief description of the nature of adaptive changes to chronic exercise is given to provide a background and understanding of physiologic mechanisms underlying cardiovascular adaptations to exercise training and their clinical implications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ehsani
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Spina
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology*