Acute coronary syndrome in the older patient

S Garcia-Blas, A Cordero, P Diez-Villanueva… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coronary artery disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, and its
prevalence increases with age. The growing number of older patients and their differential …

[HTML][HTML] Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in the elderly

C Jiménez-Méndez, P Díez-Villanueva… - Reviews in …, 2021 - imrpress.com
Ischemic heart disease constitutes the leading cause of death in Western countries. The
general incidence of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), especially non-ST segment …

Five-year clinical outcomes in patients with frailty aged≥ 75 years with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome undergoing invasive management

H Ratcovich, B Beska, G Mills… - … heart journal open, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aim Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes in older patients with acute coronary
syndrome (ACS). The impact of frailty on long-term clinical outcomes following invasive …

Are sarcopenia and its individual components linked to all-cause mortality in heart failure? A systematic review and meta-analysis

K Prokopidis, KK Triantafyllidis, KS Kechagias… - Clinical Research in …, 2023 - Springer
Objective The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess
sarcopenia and its components as prognostic factors in patients with heart failure (HF) …

Frailty scales for prognosis assessment of older adult patients after acute myocardial infarction

S García-Blas, C Bonanad, A Fernández-Cisnal… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
We aimed to compare the prognostic value of two different measures, the Fried's Frailty
Scale (FFS) and the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), following myocardial infarction (MI). We …

Long-term prognostic value of cognitive impairment on top of frailty in older adults after acute coronary syndrome

J Sanchis, C Bonanad, S García-Blas, V Ruiz… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Frailty is a marker of poor prognosis in older adults after acute coronary syndrome. We
investigated whether cognitive impairment provides additional prognostic information. The …

[HTML][HTML] Frailty Indices and Their Importance in Elderly Patients: A Perspective Review

R Valvani, N Javed, T Vittorio… - Journal of Community …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The aging demographic landscape of the United States highlights a concomitant rise in
chronic conditions and infectious diseases. Older adults face a heightened susceptibility to …

Development and validation of a physical frailty phenotype index-based model to estimate the frailty index

YH Pua, L Tay, RA Clark, J Thumboo, EL Tay… - Diagnostic and …, 2023 - Springer
Background The conventional count-based physical frailty phenotype (PFP) dichotomizes its
criterion predictors—an approach that creates information loss and depends on the …

Five-year clinical outcomes in patients with frailty aged [greater than or equal to] 75 years with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome undergoing invasive …

H Ratcovich, B Beska, G Mills, L Holmvang… - … Heart Journal Open, 2022 - go.gale.com
Aim Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes in older patients with acute coronary
syndrome (ACS). The impact of frailty on long-term clinical outcomes following invasive …

[HTML][HTML] Frailty in acute coronary syndromes. A systematic review and narrative synthesis of frailty assessment tools and interventions from randomised controlled trials

T Chad, M Koulouroudias, GR Layton… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aim We aimed to review all randomised controlled trial (RCT) data to explore optimal
identification and treatment strategies of frail patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes …