Correlation between frailty status, surgical access, and outcomes in older adults with valvular heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery.
Frailty assessment before heart valve surgery helps predict outcomes and guides surgical approach decisions for older adults.
A study found that frailty assessment predicts outcomes in elderly patients undergoing heart valve surgery and influences which surgical approach is best. The findings support routine frailty screening before cardiac surgery in older adults.
What the study was
- Study design
- Observational cohort
- Population
- Older adults with valvular heart disease
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Validated
- Journal
- npj Aging
Why it surfaced
Clinically relevant frailty-outcomes data for aging population. Moderate novelty.
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