Frailty is associated with increased mortality 1 year after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in older patients with severe aortic stenosis, though it does not affect the risk of ...

Frailty is common in elderly people with cardiovascular disease and goes along with elevated mortality. However, no consensus exists on the definition of frailty. Many scores have been developed to ...

The report was published Monday in BMC Geriatrics. Researchers wanted to see if the Clinical Frailty Score could predict death in critically ill older adults (over the age of 70) who were admitted to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Frailty was associated with loosening, infection, instability, longer length of stay, readmission and increased ...

(UPDATED) The prevalence of frailty prior to cardiac surgery is high, varying widely depending on the tool used to capture it, and it’s significantly associated with a higher risk of patient-defined ...