Background Frailty is a common and clinically significant condition among geriatric
populations. Although well-evidenced pooled estimates of the prevalence of frailty exist …

Background Frailty is emerging as an important prognostic indicator for patients undergoing
cardiac surgeries/procedures. We sought to evaluate the prognostic and differential impacts …

In an ageing population of patients with heart disease, preinterventional frailty assessment
for risk prediction is gaining relevance both in cardiac surgery and transcatheter valve …

The frailty syndrome is defined as a decrease in physiological reserve across multiple organ
systems leading to increased vulnerability to external stressors. Studies across surgical …

Methods PubMed and Cochrane databases from inception until October 9, 2017, were
searched without restriction on languages. The key words “frail” and “elderly” and “cardiac …

Objectives Our objectives were to review the literature to identify frailty instruments in use for
transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) recipients and synthesise prognostic data from …

The aim of this literature review was to evaluate existing evidence on exercise‐based
cardiac rehabilitation (CR) as a treatment option for elderly frail patients with valvular heart …

Background transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) provides prognostic benefit for
high surgical-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS), yet the impact to patient …

Background The aging population has led to an increasing number of older patients
undergoing cardiac surgeries/procedures. Frailty and prefrailty have emerged as important …

Objective To review evidence evaluating the use of multicomponent frailty assessment tools
in assessing frailty in older adults with psychiatric disorders. Methods A systematic literature …