Frailty: The Missing Element in Predicting Operative Mortality

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-110

  Chikwe, Joanna ^a   Adams, David H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Elderly; Frailty

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EXHAUSTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78449296715     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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