Which frailty tool best predicts morbidity and mortality in ambulatory patients with heart failure? A prospective study.
Shirley SzePierpaolo PellicoriJufen ZhangJoan WestonAndrew L ClarkPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2022)
Frailty is strongly associated with adverse outcomes in ambulatory patients with HF. When added to a base model for predicting mortality at 1 year including NYHA, NT-proBNP, sodium and AF, CFS provides comparable prognostic information to assessment tools taking longer to perform.