Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5604984 | International Journal of Cardiology | 2017 | 31 Pages |
Abstract
Frailty affects almost half of patients with HF and is not necessarily a function of age or functional classification. Future work should focus on standardizing the measurement of frailty and on broadening the view of frailty beyond a strictly geriatric syndrome in HF.
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Authors
Quin E. Denfeld, Kerri Winters-Stone, James O. Mudd, Jill M. Gelow, Sawsan Kurdi, Christopher S. Lee,