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Impact of frailty on periprocedural health care utilization in patients undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair.

Christos IliadisLeandra SchwabeDirk MüllerStephanie StockStephan BaldusRoman Pfister
Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2020)
Frailty is associated with a mean 32% increase of hospital costs in patients undergoing TMVR, which is primarily the result of a prolonged recovery and increased vulnerability to complications. These findings are valuable for a hospital's total cost calculation and resource allocation planning. Since frailty is regarded a potentially reversible health state, preventive interventions may help reduce costs in frail patients.
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