[Therapy of myocardial infarction in elderly (author's transl)].

The therapy of myocardial infarction in elderly is submitted to restrictions and modifications especially regarding the selection and dosage of the used agents. Numerous antiarrhythmic agents are tolerated from patients in advanced age only with a reduced dose. The treatment of cardiogenic shock is the more problematic, the fewer is suffered a breakdown of blood pressure from the "central" organs brain, heart and kidneys. A rational therapy, adapted to the advanced age, which includes the application of anticoagulants, too, is outlined and founded.