Fragility is a key determinant of survival in heart failure patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-66

  Gastelurrutia, Paloma ^a   Lupón, Josep ^b   Altimir, Salvador ^b   De Antonio, Marta ^b   González, Beatriz ^b   Cabanes, Roser ^b   Rodríguez, Margarita ^b   Urrutia, Agustín ^b   Domingo, Mar ^b   Zamora, Elisabet ^b   Díez, Crisanto ^b,c   Coll, Ramon ^b   Bayes Genis, Antoni ^b  

^a Germans Trias i Pujol Health Research Institute   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fragility; Frailty; Heart failure; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION RELATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; MORTALITY; OARS SCALE; OUTPATIENT; PFEIFFER TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; FRAIL ELDERLY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84902544654     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.237     Document Type: Article

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