Frailty and cardiovascular disease: Potential role of gait speed in surgical risk stratification in older adults

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-56

  Chen, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Frailty; Gait speed; Risk scores; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGING; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FRAILTY; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 84920988844     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.01.006     Document Type: Review

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