In an aging population, recovery and restoration of function are critical to maintaining
independence. Over the past 50 years, there have been dramatic improvements made in …

Objective Frailty increases risk for morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. Its influence
on functional outcome is largely unknown. We studied the association of frailty with health …

Importance Patients with frailty have higher risk for postoperative mortality and
complications; however, most research has focused on small groups of high-risk …

Frailty is a geriatric condition characterized by the reduction of the individual's homeostatic
reserves. It determines an increased vulnerability to endogenous and exogenous stressors …

Over the past 50 years, there have been dramatic improvements in cardiac surgical
processes and outcomes that allow for procedures to be performed safely on older and …

BACKGROUND: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome thought to identify the most vulnerable older
adults, and morbidity and mortality has been reported to be higher for frail patients after …

Objectives Frailty is a syndrome characterized by increased vulnerability and reduced ability
to maintain homeostasis after stressful events that results in an increased risk for poor …

Enarrative REVIEW ARTICLE criteria were soon validated in the Women's Health and Aging
Study, in which the prevalence and outcomes associated with frailty were similar, and latent …

Background Frailty has emerged as one of the main predictors of worse outcomes after
cardiac surgery, but scarce evidence is available about its influence on postoperative quality …

Objective Current preoperative assessments for cardiac surgery, such as the European
System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk …