Assessment of frailty prior to TAVI: Can it now be measured objectively?

Affiliations

¹ Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bad Nauheim, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site RhineMain, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
² Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Department of Cardiology, Giessen, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site RhineMain, Bad Nauheim, Germany. Electronic address: w.kim@kerckhoff-klinik.de.

Editorial

Matthias Renker et al. Int J Cardiol. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 1:350:104-105.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.01.017. Epub 2022 Jan 11.

¹ Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bad Nauheim, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site RhineMain, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
² Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bad Nauheim, Germany; Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Department of Cardiology, Giessen, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site RhineMain, Bad Nauheim, Germany. Electronic address: w.kim@kerckhoff-klinik.de.

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Muscle fat index is associated with frailty and length of hospital stay following transcatheter aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients.
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