title: [Difficulties in the diagnosis of rheumatic heart defects in elderly patients].
abstract: Clinical and autopsy data presented in this paper illustrate difficulties arising in diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in elderly patients. RHD misdiagnosis is explained by unclear clinical symptoms, undone laboratory tests, concomitant diseases, misinterpretation of some objective indications (auscultatory symptoms, ECG). To diagnose acquired RHD earlier the physicians are recommended to refer their patients to ultrasound investigations of the heart.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Merzlikin
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pokrovskaia
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Krasnopol'skaia
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Koreneva
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Trudnosti raspoznavaniia revmaticheskikh porokov serdtsa u bol'nykh pozhilogo vozrasta.