title: [Echocardiography in the elderly (author's transl)].
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.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Echokardiographie bei älteren Poliklinik-Patienten.