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[Echocardiography in the elderly (author's transl)]
Aktuelle Gerontologie
|July 1, 1979
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This study explores echocardiographic diagnoses in elderly patients, highlighting the value of electrocardiograms (ECG) for coronary heart disease and cardiomyopathy. It also examines differentiating murmurs and detecting atrial thrombosis in older individuals.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Geriatrics
- Diagnostic Imaging
Abstract:
We report on questions and echocardiographic diagnoses in older patients and put out special views: value of ECG in coronary heart disease and in diagnosis of cardiomyopathy, for differentiation of systolic murmurs in the aged and detection of dilatation and atrial thrombosis.