Frailty, aging, and cardiac surgery outcomes: The stopwatch tells the story

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1677-1678

  Cleveland Jr , Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular diseases; Frailty

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650874143     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.07.021     Document Type: Editorial

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