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Accumulation of Deficits as a Key Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 154 000 Individuals

BACKGROUND: Frailty is associated with higher mortality in individuals at high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. We hypothesize that frailty is a more important prognostic factor than CVD risk factors and aim to determine the prognostic value of a cumulative deficit frailty index in patients with o...

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Autores principales: Farooqi, Mohammed A. M., Gerstein, Hertzel, Yusuf, Salim, Leong, Darryl P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31986990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.014686