Influence of Preoperative Frailty on Health-Related Quality of Life After Cardiac Surgery

Volume: 108, Issue: 1, Pages: 23 - 29
Published: Jul 1, 2019
Abstract
BackgroundFrailty has emerged as one of the main predictors of worse outcomes after cardiac surgery, but scarce evidence is available about its influence on postoperative quality of life. Whether frail patients may improve their quality of life or not after the surgical procedure is a matter that still remains unclear.MethodsThis observational and multicenter cohort study was conducted in 3 university-affiliated hospitals of three different...
Paper Details
Title
Influence of Preoperative Frailty on Health-Related Quality of Life After Cardiac Surgery
Published Date
Jul 1, 2019
Volume
108
Issue
1
Pages
23 - 29
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