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The abnormalities found in the elderly heart include virtually every condition occurring in younger adults, in addition to those peculiar to the geriatric population. A full account of all these pathological processes is clearly beyond the scope of this chapter; readers requiring further information on any of the many abnormalities common to all age groups are referred to standard textbooks on cardiac pathology. Hudson (1965, 1970) summarizes the literature up to 1969; more recent advances, up to 1975, are included in Pomerance and Davies (1975). This chapter will concentrate only on conditions found exclusively or predominantly in people over 65 years of age, and on certain aspects of others that are characteristically associated with the elderly; it will briefly mention some uncommon conditions that occur, but tend not to be considered in this age group.
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Pomerance, A. (1976). Pathology of the Myocardium and Valves. In: Caird, F.I., Dall, J.L.C., Kennedy, R.D. (eds) Cardiology in Old Age. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8777-4_2
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