Measuring frailty in patients with severe aortic stenosis:a comparison of the edmonton frail scale with modified fried frailty assessment in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

摘要

Frailty is generally defined as a clinical syndrome of decreased physiologic reserve which drives to increased vulnerability and susceptibility to different stressors together with poor recovery to homeostasis.[1]The relevance of frailty status in a wide range of prospective cohorts is mostly related to an increasing burden in both mortality,hospital readmissions,disability,and falls.