title: [Risk factors in chronic posttubercular cor pulmonale in the elderly].
abstract: From the analysis of 866 aged patients with post tuberculosis sequels admitted to the Tuberculosis Hospital at Constanţa in the interval 1979-1988, a high percentage of the post-tuberculosis respiratory syndromes (41.8%) was recorded. Post-tuberculosis chronic cor pulmonale was in 62 patients (17%). The recent onset or reactivation of the bacillary process seem to represent important risk factors for such patients. The old age and other associated diseases usually restrict the therapeutical possibilities and, consequently, delay the cure.
authors: Spitalul tbc Constanţa.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Nicola
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Didilescu
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Factorii de risc în cordul pulmonar cronic posttuberculos la vîrstnici.