Association between atrial fibrillation, frailty, and geriatric syndromes in the late elderly in a south Belgian outpatient and inpatient setting
Study objective: This study aims to analyze the relationship between AF, frailty, and geriatric syndromes in elderly patients in an outpatient and inpatient setting in a South Belgian hospital. Participants, design and setting: This is a single center case-control retrospective study including 207 patients enrolled from an outpatient and inpatient setting of the Department of Geriatrics, Jolimont Hospital Group. Frailty was assessed using a complete geriatric assessment and Rockwoods Clinical Frailty Scale. Results: AF was strongly associated with age, cardiovascular history, congestive heart... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | American Heart Journal Plus, Vol 13, Iss , Pp 100106- (2022) |
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Elsevier
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Schlagwörter: | Frailty / Atrial fibrillation / Clinical frailty scale / Elderly / Rockwood / Geriatric syndromes / Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system / RC666-701 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28886360 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahjo.2022.100106 |