Impact of the clinical frailty scale on mid-term mortality in patients with ST-elevated myocardial infarction

Background: “Frailty” is associated with poor prognosis in ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, there is little data regarding the impact of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), a simple and semiquantitative tool for assessing frailty, on mid-term morta...

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Main Authors: Naoki Yoshioka, Kensuke Takagi, Yasuhiro Morita, Ruka Yoshida, Hiroaki Nagai, Yasunori Kanzaki, Koichi Furui, Ryota Yamauchi, Shotaro Komeyama, Hiroki Sugiyama, Hideyuki Tsuboi, Itsuro Morishima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235290671930003X