Background Although frailty has been associated with increased risks for hospitalization and
mortality in chronic heart failure, the precise average effect remains uncertain. We performed …

Frailty is a complex clinical syndrome associated with ageing and chronic illness, resulting
from multiple organ impairment; physiological reserves decrease and vulnerability to …

A transthoracic echocardiogram is recommended in patients with suspected heart failure, to
improve diagnostic accuracy, and in patients with a new diagnosis of heart failure, to assess …

Objective Frailty is a known risk factor for adverse outcomes after cardiac interventions.
However, the extent to which it increases the likelihood of adverse outcomes in heart failure …

Objective. Numerous studies have investigated the prognostic role of frailty in elderly
patients with heart failure (HF), but the limited size of the reported studies has resulted in …

Objective To assess the effects of comorbidities, fragility, and quality of life (QOL) on long-
term prognosis in ambulatory patients with heart failure (HF) with midrange left ventricular …

Introduction Frailty is a complex condition that results from the loss of physiological reserve
across multiple systems. Its presence should be considered in the aging heart failure …

Abstract Purpose of Review The study aims (1) to provide a contemporary description of
frailty assessment in heart failure and (2) to provide an overview of multi-domain frailty …

Increasingly, we question 'what makes us healthy?', as well as 'what makes us ill?'. What
does this shift mean for frailty? Almost wholly defined in negative terms, the term 'frail'tends …

Depressive symptoms and physical frailty have been reported to be predictive of adverse
outcomes in individuals with heart failure (HF). Depressive symptoms could be a …