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Future Perspectives on the Role of Frailty in Cardiovascular Diseases
Timo E Strandberg1,2, Tuomo Nieminen3
1University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, PO Box 340, FI-00029, Helsinki, Finland. timo.strandberg@oulu.fi.
Abstract:
Frailty is a clinical concept which is gaining increased momentum not only in geriatrics, but in all specialties treating adult patients. In these Future Perspectives, the following roles of frailty in the field of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) will be discussed as a narrative review: (1) Frailty as an adjunct to assess CVD patients in addition to traditional risk scores; (2) bidirectional relationship between frailty and CVD; (3) widening the scope of endpoints in CVD trials-inclusion of frailty; (4) finally, the relationship between geriatrics and cardiology will be shortly discussed.
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