Frailty in patients with acute coronary syndrome: comparison between tools for comprehensive geriatric assessment and the Tilburg Frailty Indicator

PURPOSE: It is a known fact that age is a strong predictor of adverse events in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In this context, the main risk factor in elderly patients, ie, frailty syndrome, gains special importance. The availability of tools to identify frail people is relevant for both research a...

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Autores principales: Uchmanowicz, Izabella, Lisiak, Magdalena, Wontor, Radosław, Łoboz-Grudzień, Krystyna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25767379
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S78365

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