Development of a frailty index for patients with coronary artery disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1526-1531

  Freiheit, Elizabeth A ^a   Hogan, David B ^a,b   Eliasziw, Misha ^a   Meekes, Miranda F ^a   Ghali, William A ^a,b   Partlo, Lisa A ^a   Maxwell, Colleen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; disability; frailty; health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77955248137     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02961.x     Document Type: Article

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