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 …

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 …

Although age is an extensively documented independent risk factor for mortality, morbidity
and decreased quality of life after cardiac surgery, it has also been demonstrated that …

A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The
question addressed was whether frailty scoring can be used either separately or combined …

Objective: To examine the prevalence of frailty in surgical patients and determine whether
age and sex modify the relationship between frailty and long-term mortality. Background …

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 …

Background: Frailty assessment may inform surgical risk and prognosis not captured by
conventional surgical risk scores. Purpose: To evaluate the evidence for various frailty …

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 …

A preoperative surgical risk analysis is necessary and important for predicting clinical and
surgical outcomes in a clinical setting. Various tools for evaluating the patient characteristics …

Abstract Background The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) recommends using gait speed
as a marker of frailty to identify cardiac surgery patients at risk for adverse outcomes …