Frailty in Cardiac Surgery

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Feb;33(2):521-531. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.02.032. Epub 2018 Feb 22.

Authors

Li Ying Koh¹, Nian Chih Hwang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Anaesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, National Heart Centre, Singapore. Electronic address: hwang.nian.chih@singhealth.com.sg.

PMID: 29580797
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.02.032

No abstract available

Keywords: elderly; frailty; functional; multidimensional assessment; outcomes; prehabilitation; sarcopenia.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Frailty / epidemiology*
Geriatric Assessment / methods*
Heart Diseases / epidemiology*
Heart Diseases / surgery
Humans
Survival Rate / trends
United States / epidemiology