[Roentgen study on the topic of the "aging heart" with special reference to age, clinical diagnosis and therapy].
Volume and linear measures of the heart (absolute as well as relative) are investigated in 640 patients (male + female). The heart size increases with increasing age. Radiological heart size shows in comparison with clinical diagnosis and findings no evidence for an old-age heart. The increasing heart size due to age is rather expression of multimorbidity during lifetime.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
Röntgen-Untersuchung zur Frage des "Altersherzens" unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Alter, klinischer Diagnose und Therapie.