Frailty Assessment in a Cohort of Elderly Patients with Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis: Insights from the FRailty Evaluation in Severe Aortic Stenosis (FRESAS) Registry

Frailty Assessment in a Cohort of Elderly Patients with Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis: Insights from the FRailty Evaluation in Severe Aortic Stenosis (FRESAS) Registry

Background: Precise evaluation of the degree of frailty is a fundamental part of the global geriatric assessment that helps to avoid therapies that could be futile. Our main objective was to determine the prevalence of frailty in a specific consult of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement. Me...

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Main Authors: Pablo Solla-Suárez, Pablo Avanzas, Isaac Pascual, Manuel Bermúdez-Menéndez De La Granda, Marcel Almendarez, Jose M. Arche-Coto, Daniel Hernández-Vaquero, Rebeca Lorca, Eva López-Álvarez, Rut Álvarez-Velasco, Carmen Moreno-Planillo, César Morís de la Tassa, José Gutiérrez-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI)
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVR)
frailty
aortic stenosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/11/2345

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