General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
A simplified frailty assessment using three objective measures predicts mid-term outcomes after cardiac surgery.
Tasuku Honda, Masato Ogawa, Hiroshi Inuki, Norimasa Kubo, Tokunari Aritoshi, Masayuki Shiba, Kazuto Ishimoto, Naoya Kida, Chika Sugimoto, Naomi Yagi
Published: 202510.1007/s11748-025-02233-z
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Frailty is a major risk factor for adverse outcomes following cardiac surgery, yet its routine clinical integration is hindered by the lack of a standardized, convenient assessment method. This study aimed to develop and validate a simplif…
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