title: Echocardiography should be performed in all elderly patients with congestive heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Hebrew Hospital Home, Bronx, NY 10475.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016896:Treatment Outcome