Impact of preoperative frailty on new disability or death after cardiac surgery in elderly patients: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disability may be a potential adverse outcome of exposure to stressors in frail patients, and assessment of frailty may provide additional information for preoperative decision-making, but there is a lack of research on the impact of preoperative frailty on death or new disability after cardiac surgery. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of preoperative frailty on short-term death or new disability after cardiac surgery in elderly individuals.

Patients and methods

This prospective cohort study included 351 patients aged ≥60 years who were scheduled to undergo elective open heart surgery at the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University from March 2023 to March 2024. Patients were examined prospectively using the Comprehensive Assessm

SUBMITTER: Ma W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907955 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature