Frailty, rather than chronological age, more accurately distinguishes the ranges of systolic blood pressure that are linked ...

Can pre-frailty and frailty predict the risk for cardiovascular events like myocardial infarction or stroke? According to new study findings, frailty in older adults is a dynamic state that often ...

(UPDATED) The prevalence of frailty prior to cardiac surgery is high, varying widely depending on the tool used to capture it, and it’s significantly associated with a higher risk of patient-defined ...

Dr. Galinos Barmparas shares expert insights on how frailty shapes operative risk and the subsequent clinical trajectory ...

We calculated an FI for 3,807 veterans age 65 years or older. Among the cohort, 28.7% were classified as nonfrail, 41.3% prefrail, 21.6% mildly frail, 6.6% moderately frail, and 1.7% severely frail.