Cardiomegaly on chest x-ray: Prognostic implications from a ten-year cohort study of elderly subjects: A report from the Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study
Frishman W, Nadelmann J, Ooi W, Greenberg S, Heiman M, Kahn S, Guzik H, Lazar E, Aronson M. Cardiomegaly on chest x-ray: Prognostic implications from a ten-year cohort study of elderly subjects: A report from the Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study. American Heart Journal 1992, 124: 1026-1030. PMID: 1388323, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(92)90987-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCohort studyElderly menMyocardial infarctionTime of entryCardiovascular diseaseCox proportional hazards regression analysisBronx Longitudinal Aging StudyCommunity-dwelling elderly menProportional hazards regression analysisChest X-ray studyTransverse diameterTen-year cohort studyCardiovascular disease incidenceHazards regression analysisChest X-rayLongitudinal Aging StudyX-ray filmsCardiothoracic ratioIndependent predictorsCigarette smokingPoor prognosisPrognostic implicationsCardiac silhouetteElderly subjectsCardiomegaly