This survey aimed to determine the frequency of aortic valve and cardiac calcification in older men using clinical, radiological, and post-mortem evaluations.
Descriptive prevalence data in older men; extends early methods but leaves causal links open.
This paper reports a clinical and radiological survey to find the frequency of calcareous aortic stenosis and of calcification elsewhere in the heart. 400 men over the age of 60 were chosen at random-200 inor out-patients of a general hospital (series A) and 200 in-patients of a mental hospital (series B). In the clinical examination Levine's (1945) method of grading the loudness of murmurs was used. The technique of X-ray screening was that described by Sosman (1943). To compare the clinical and post-mortem incidence of cardiac calcification, 72 hearts from cgnsecutive routine necropsies were radiographed.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Pyke et al. (1951) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 2 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: