[Electrocardiographic studies and cardiovascular radiographic findings in the aged].
Humans far advanced in years represent, in many respects, a positive selection of people showing particularly favorable adaptation to life circumstances. Correlated with the behavior of blood pressure were not only electrocardiographic results but cardiovascular x-ray results as well. Pathological ECG changes which are not affected by a specific therapy are entirely consistent with old age, with pronounced ECG changes accompanied by a marked variation in hemodynamics having not been observed in the aged in the sense of a positive selection. The aged, despite a large number of subjects showing development of particular conditions, did not generally include R1 patients with strain on both the left and right heart. On an average, the width of the aorta was not seen to increase further in the aged. Also, hypertension had no effect upon the width of the aorta in humans of advanced age. There was no evidence for an increase in the incidence of aortic sclerosis in the aged.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001027:Aortography; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Elektrokardiographische Untersuchungen und kardiovaskuläre Röntgenbefunde bei Hochbetagten.