Impact of frailty status on clinical and functional outcomes after concomitant valve replacement and bipolar radiofrequency ablation in patients aged 65 years and older
Abstract Background To evaluate the prognostic value of frailty in older recipients of concomitant valve replacement (VR) and bipolar radiofrequency ablation (BRFA), we examined whether clinical and functional outcomes differed between frail and non-frail groups of older patients referred for concom...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-02043-x |