Aging is associated to progressive changes impairing fundamental cellular and tissue
functions, and the relationships amongst them through the vascular and immune systems …

Objective To synthesize the pooled mortality risk estimate and determine whether cognitive
frailty is a predictor of mortality. Design A systematic review and meta-analysis. Setting and …

Purpose Pre-stroke frailty in older adults is associated with adverse outcomes after stroke in
community-based and hospital-based populations. The aim of our study was to investigate …

Stroke due to atrial fibrillation (AF) is more common in older adults. Frailty is associated with
AF. As little is known about the impact of frailty on cardioembolic stroke, we examined its …

Background Stroke is considered the second most common cause of death and the third
leading cause of disability worldwide. Frailty, characterized by increased vulnerability to …

A number of monogenic forms of stroke can cause small vessel disease, of which the most
common is Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major driver of morbidity and mortality among older adults with
frailty. Moreover, frailty is highly prevalent in older adults with AF. Understanding and …

With a constant increase in prevalence and incidence worldwide, stroke remains a public
health issue in the 21st century. Additionally, population aging inevitably leads to increased …

Abstract Background The modified Rankin scale (mRS) is extensively used for premorbid
evaluation in patients with stroke; however, its limited capacity to assess functional status …

Background In older stroke patients with frailty, nutritional deficiencies can amplify their
susceptibility, delay recovery, and deteriorate prognosis. A precise predictive model is …