Heart size in older people.
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Longitudinal study of heart size in older people.
Transverse cardiac diameter and transverse thoracic diameter were measured in a longitudinal study of older men and women at the original examination and after five years. The cardiothoracic ratio overestimated 5-year changes in heart size, because of significant decreases with age in transverse thoracic diameter. A regression equation to predict transverse cardiac diameter from age and weight ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1974
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.36.4.352