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Frailty and cardiovascular disease: potential role of gait speed in surgical risk stratification in older adults
Frailty is a state of late life decline and vulnerability, typified by physical weakness and decreased physiologic reserve. The epidemiology and pathophysiology of frailty share features with those of cardiovascular disease. Gait speed can be used as a measure of frailty and is a powerful predictor...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Science Press
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4308458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25678904 http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.01.006 |