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Congestive heart failure: Dx and Rx in the elderly.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Schocken, DD
Published in: Geriatrics
November 1984

Ventricular gallop is a reliable indicator of poor ventricular compliance and heart failure in the elderly. Late diastolic atrial gallop, however, has very little use in the diagnosis of heart disease in the elderly. M-mode and 2-dimensional echocardiography are the most expeditious and least costly of the non-invasive means of identifying the cause of heart failure in the elderly. They enable rapid assessment of cardiac chamber size, wall thickness and contractility, valve morphology and motion, and easy evaluation of the pericardium.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Geriatrics

ISSN

0016-867X

Publication Date

November 1984

Volume

39

Issue

11

Start / End Page

77 / 80

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vasodilator Agents
  • Physical Examination
  • Medical History Taking
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Auscultation
  • Geriatrics
  • Electrocardiography
  • Diuretics
 

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Schocken, D. D. (1984). Congestive heart failure: Dx and Rx in the elderly. Geriatrics, 39(11), 77–80.
Schocken, D. D. “Congestive heart failure: Dx and Rx in the elderly.Geriatrics 39, no. 11 (November 1984): 77–80.
Schocken DD. Congestive heart failure: Dx and Rx in the elderly. Geriatrics. 1984 Nov;39(11):77–80.
Schocken, D. D. “Congestive heart failure: Dx and Rx in the elderly.Geriatrics, vol. 39, no. 11, Nov. 1984, pp. 77–80.
Schocken DD. Congestive heart failure: Dx and Rx in the elderly. Geriatrics. 1984 Nov;39(11):77–80.

Published In

Geriatrics

ISSN

0016-867X

Publication Date

November 1984

Volume

39

Issue

11

Start / End Page

77 / 80

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vasodilator Agents
  • Physical Examination
  • Medical History Taking
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Auscultation
  • Geriatrics
  • Electrocardiography
  • Diuretics