Comparative utility of frailty to a general prognostic score in identifying patients at risk for poor outcomes after aortic valve replacement

BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend considering life expectancy before aortic valve replacement (AVR). We compared the performance of a general mortality index, the Lee index, to a frailty index. METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study of 246 older adults undergoing surgical (SAVR) or...

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Autores principales: Shi, Sandra, Festa, Natalia, Afilalo, Jonathan, Popma, Jeffrey J., Khabbaz, Kamal R., Laham, Roger J., Guibone, Kimberly, Kim, Dae Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6998298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32013890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1440-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6998298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32013890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1440-4

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