Frailty: An Important Measure in Patients Considered for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Feb 26;11(4):404-406. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.12.017.

Authors

Lars Søndergaard¹, Bettina Højberg Kirk², Troels Højsgaard Jørgensen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 29471954
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.12.017

No abstract available

Keywords: frailty; risk prediction; transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
Frailty*
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Humans
Risk Factors
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement*
Treatment Outcome