Journal article
Relation of Frailty to Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Abstract
This study examines a national cohort of patients with a diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) for the prevalence of frailty, temporal changes over time, and its association with treatments and clinical outcomes. The National Inpatient Sample database was used to identify US adults with a diagnosis of ACS between 2004 and 2014. Frailty risk was determined using a validated Hospital Frailty Risk Score based on ICD-9 codes using the cutoffs <5, 5 to 15, and >1…
Authors
Kwok CS; Lundberg G; Al-Faleh H; Sirker A; Van Spall HGC; Michos ED; Rashid M; Mohamed M; Bagur R; Mamas MA
Journal
The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 124, No. 7, pp. 1002–1011
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.07.003
ISSN
0002-9149