Significance of abnormalities of electrocardiogram in old people.

Abstract

The significance of abnormalities of the electrocardiogram in old age has been assessedfrom a study of 2254 people aged 65 and over liting at home, by an analysis of the frequency of exertional chest pain and of his- tories ofcardiac infarction, ofmortality over a 3-year period, of certified causes of death, and of abnormalities in the electrocardiogram seen in second records made in one-third of the subjects after an average time of 2I months.