Effect of frailty on treatment, hospitalisation and death in patients with chronic heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and is associated with poor outcomes. The natural history of frail patients with CHF is unknown.

Methods

Frailty was assessed using the clinical frailty scale (CFS) in 467 consecutive patients with CHF (67% male, median age 76 years, median NT-proBNP 1156 ng/L) attending a routine follow-up visit. Those with CFS > 4 were classified as frail. We investigated the relation between frailty and treatments, hospitalisation and death in patients with CHF.

Results

206 patients (44%) were frail. Of 291 patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HeFREF), those who were frail (N = 117; 40%) were less likely to receive optimal treatment, with many not receiving a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system i

SUBMITTER: Sze S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8318949 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature