Geriatric cardiology: managing the most common nonischemic disorders.
Two-dimensional echocardiography is the method of choice for calculation of left ventricular mass, especially in patients with abnormal left ventricular geometry and segmental disease. Predominating diastolic abnormalities may be responsible for signs and symptoms of heart failure in some patients. These patients should not be treated in the conventional manner, but require special treatment with beta blockers or calcium-channel blocking agents.
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology