TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of echocardiographic findings in 554 men and in 1,243 women aged >60 years in a long-term health care facility
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Ahn, Chul
AU - Kronzon, Itzhak
PY - 1997/2/1
Y1 - 1997/2/1
N2 - The prevalence of mitral regurgitation, valvular aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, and of left ventricular hypertrophy was not significantly different in older men and women. Older women had a significantly higher prevalence of rheumatic mitral stenosis, mitral annular calcium, and left atrial enlargement than older men, and older men had a significantly higher prevalence of abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction than older women.
AB - The prevalence of mitral regurgitation, valvular aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, and of left ventricular hypertrophy was not significantly different in older men and women. Older women had a significantly higher prevalence of rheumatic mitral stenosis, mitral annular calcium, and left atrial enlargement than older men, and older men had a significantly higher prevalence of abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction than older women.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00769-2
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00769-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 9036766
AN - SCOPUS:0031051120
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 79
SP - 379
EP - 380
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 3
ER -