ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN OLD AGE
Authors: Theodore T. Fox, Joseph Klements, Emanuel E. Mandel
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 August 1942ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN OLD AGETHEODORE T. FOX, M.D., JOSEPH KLEMENTS, M.D., EMANUEL E. MANDEL, M.D.THEODORE T. FOX, M.D., JOSEPH KLEMENTS, M.D., EMANUEL E. MANDEL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-2-236 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptConsiderable information has recently been published on the various problems of old age. Particular attention has been focused on the cardiovascular system, since its life cycle, important in itself, is frequently the determining factor of the functional age of all the vital organs.Attempts have been made to define the "normal" and the "abnormal" in the aging process of the cardiovascular system but as yet there is no agreement as to "where to draw the line between phenomena of pure senescence and those of superimposed disease."1The reasons for this difficulty are various. One obvious factor, at least as far...Bibliography1. BOAS EP: Aging of the cardiovascular system, Bull. New York Acad. Med., 1940, xvi, 605. Google Scholar2. WILLIUS FA: The heart in old age, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1931, i, 182. Google Scholar3. LEVITT G: The electrocardiogram in the aged, Am. Heart Jr., 1939, xviii, 692. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. COHN AE: Problems of ageing. Cardiovascular system and blood, edited by A. V. COWDRY, 1939, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, chapter 7, p. 133. Google Scholar5. GRAYBIELWHITE APD: Electrocardiography in practice, 1941, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia and London, p. 34. Google Scholar6. Nomenclature and criteria for diagnosis of diseases of the heart, New York Heart Assoc., New York, 1939. Google Scholar7. WARTHIN AS: Old age the major involution, the physiology and pathology of the ageing process, 1929, P. B. Hoeber, New York. Google Scholar8. COMEAUWHITE WJPD: The clinical significance of right axis deviation in the electrocardiogram, Am. Heart Jr., 1939, xviii, 334. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BLUMGARTSCHLESSINGERZOLL HLMJPM: Angina pectoris, coronary failure and acute myocardial infarction, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvi, 91-97. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. BOSK K: Ueber Kranzadersklerose, Virchow's Arch. f. path. Anat., 1926, cclxii, 646. Google Scholar11. WILLIUSSMITH FAML: Further observations on the heart in old age. A postmortem study of 381 patients aged 70 years or more, Am. Heart Jr., 1932, viii, 170. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. JOHNSON JJ: A study of 2,400 electrocardiograms of apparently healthy males, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxiv, 561. Google Scholar13. SCHERFBOYD DLJ: Clinical electrocardiography, 1940, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, p. 32. Google Scholar14. GELMANPUSIK LW: Zur pathohistologischen und elektrocardiographischen Charakteristik des Herzens in hohem Alter, Ztschr. f. Kreislaufforsch., 1936, xxviii, 570. Google Scholar15. DUTHOITWARENBOURGPINCHART HH: L'electrocardiogramme de vieillard, Arch. d. mal. du coeur, 1938, xxxi, 34. Google Scholar16. WAGENFELD E: Die Wirkungen des Strophanthine bei der unregelmässigen Herztätigkeit, Arch. f. Kreislaufforsch., 1939, v, 310. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. ELIASERKONDO MBO: The electrocardiogram in later life, Arch. Int. Med., 1941, lxvii, 637. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication June 11, 1941.From the Medical Department of the Home of the Daughters of Israel. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAn Electrocardiographic Survey of the AgedElectrocardiographic findings in the agedTHE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN AGED PUERTO RICANSPostural Electrocardiographic Changes in Healed Myocardial InfarctionTHE CARDIOLOGY OF OLD AGE 1 August 1942Volume 17, Issue 2Page: 236-246KeywordsAgingCardiovascular diseasesElectrocardiography ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...