Working toward a frailty index in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A major move away from the "eyeball test"

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 982-983

  Rodés Cabau, Josep ^a   Mok, Michael ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aortic stenosis; frailty; transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Indexed keywords

FRAIL ELDERLY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

EID: 84866403578     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.07.002     Document Type: Editorial

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