title: [Characteristics of the electrocardiographic diagnosis in chronic cor pulmonale in the aged].
abstract: Detailed ECG analyses were made in 97 patients aged between 60 and 79 as well as in 64 younger patients (aged between 30 and 49) suffering from chronical cor pulmonale. Since typical ECG symptoms pointing to cor pulmonale occur less frequently in old age, an analysis scheme to facilitate diagnostics is suggested. The ECG criteria established by Widimsky to diagnose cor pulmonale are supposed to be hypothetical and, in particular, are not adequate for early stages of the clinical picture. Therefore, reference is made to the method by Dusanin , which postulates symptoms of dextrocardia and pulmonary hypertension as established assessment criteria. We recommend the consideration of seven ECG characteristics as a result of a thorough ECG analysis. These characteristics have been integrated in a diagnostical formula through mathematical processes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Besonderheiten der elektrokardiographischen Diagnostik bei chronischem Cor pulmonale im Alter.