Age-related changes in the heart include

A) decreased pressures in the great vessels.
B) reduction in the elasticity of the fibrous skeleton.
C) increased size of coronary vessels.
D) increased maximum cardiac output.
E) None of the answers are correct.


B) reduction in the elasticity of the fibrous skeleton.

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