1. Frailty Assessment in a Cohort of Elderly Patients with Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis: Insights from the FRailty Evaluation in Severe Aortic Stenosis (FRESAS) Registry.
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Solla-Suárez, Pablo, Avanzas, Pablo, Pascual, Isaac, Bermúdez-Menéndez De La Granda, Manuel, Almendarez, Marcel, Arche-Coto, Jose M., Hernández-Vaquero, Daniel, Lorca, Rebeca, López-Álvarez, Eva, Álvarez-Velasco, Rut, Moreno-Planillo, Carmen, Morís de la Tassa, César, and Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, José
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AORTIC stenosis ,OLDER patients ,AORTIC valve transplantation ,HEART valve prosthesis implantation ,AORTIC valve insufficiency - Abstract
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. Methods: From May 2018 to February 2020, all consecutive patients ≥75 years old, with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, undergoing valve replacement in the Principality of Asturias (Northern Spain) were evaluated. Results: A total of 286 patients were assessed. The mean age was 84 ± 4.01 years old; 175 (61.2%) were female. The short performance physical battery score was 8.5 ± 2.4 and the prevalence of frailty was 19.6% (56 patients). In the multivariable analysis, age, Barthel index and atrial fibrillation were independent predictors of frailty. Conclusions: The prevalence of frailty in our sample patients undergoing aortic valve replacement, evaluated by a standardized protocol, was 19.6%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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