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Measuring frailty in heart failure: a community perspective.
American heart journal - 1 Oct 2013
McNallan Sheila M, Chamberlain Alanna M, Gerber Yariv, Singh Mandeep, Kane Robert L, Weston Susan A, Dunlay Shannon M, Jiang Ruoxiang, Roger Véronique L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Frailty, an important prognostic indicator in heart failure (HF), may be defined as a biological phenotype or an accumulation of deficits. Each method has strengths and limitations, but their utility has never been evaluated in the same community HF cohort. METHODS: Southeastern Minnesota residents with HF were recruited from 2007 to 2011. Frailty according to the biological phenotype was defined as 3...
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