title: [Cardiac pain in geriatrics].
abstract: The atypical symptoms of coronary heart disease combined with an altered pain threshold and pain sensitivity in older patients make it difficult for the geriatrician to diagnose this disease. Clinical diagnostic methods cannot always be used in older patients. Therefore the physician must have a heightened awareness for unspecific symptoms which can signal coronary heart disease in the geriatric patient. In addition one must also use specific geriatric considerations in the management of angina pectoris.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D012684:Sensory Thresholds
vernacular_title: Der kardiale Schmerz in der Geriatrie.