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Longitudinal changes in peak oxygen consumption (VO2) and its components, maximal heart rate and oxygen pulse, in healthy BLSA volunteers. Whereas the decline in maximal heart rate across successive decades remains relatively constant at * 5%/decade, there is an accelerated age-associated decline in oxygen pulse that parallels that for peak VO2 (from reference 42)
