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European Heart Journal 1984 5(2):168-174;
Copyright © 1984 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1984 The European Society of Cardiology

Prevalence of ECG findings in very old people

S. RAJALA*,, K. KALTIALA*, M. HAAVISTO* and K. MATTILA{dagger}

*Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tampere City Hospital Finland
{dagger}Department of Public Health, University of Tampere Finland

Received 16 June 1983; revised 22 August 1983; .

Requests for reprints to: Dr Sulo Rajala, The Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tampere City Hospital, Parantolanltatu 6, SF-335OO, Tampere 50, Finland.

Abstract

The electrocardiograms of 559 persons, 83% of the total population 85 years of age or over in the city of Tampere, were evaluated according to the classification of the modified Minnesota code. Electrocardiograms showed no codable item in only 3-6% of the subjects. The prevalence of the most frequent electrocar-diographic findings was: T wave inversion 53-3%, counter-clockwise rotation 42-9%, ST junction depression 42-8%, premature beats 33-8%, Q-QS pattern 21-3% and atrial fibrillation 17-4%. The prevalence of left axis deviation, left anterior hemiblock and right bundle branch block was statistically significantly higher in men than in women. Electrocardiographic abnormalities suggestive of ischaemic heart diseasewere present in 45-3% with no statistically significant relation to sex or age. The resultsare discussed and compared with those of electrocardiographic studies concerning age groups over 80 and 90 years.

Key Words: Electrocardiogram • ischaemic heart disease • cardivascular eperdermilogy • gerotology


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