[Morphological changes in atria at sudden cardiac arrest in elderly patients with coronary heart disease].

The morphological changes of left atrium at sudden cardiac death in elderly and senile persons are given in this paper. The results testify that in persons of elderly and senile age with ischemic heart disease the developing changes in the heart muscle atrium create favorable conditions for occurrence of arrhythmias, fibrillations and sudden death, which should be taken into account at this pathology.