The impact of frailty according to Clinical Frailty Scale on clinical outcome in patients with heart failure.
Kenji KanenawaAkihiro IsotaniKyohei YamajiMiho NakamuraYuichi TanakaKaoru Hirose-InuiShimpei FujiokaShintaro MoriMariko YanoShinya ItoTakashi MorinagaMasato FukunagaMakoto HyodoKenji AndoPublished in: ESC heart failure (2021)
The simple CFS tool was successful in predicting the risk for all-cause death in patients with HF, and frailty according to CFS was independently associated with all-cause death irrespective of stratification based on age, sex, BMI, and LVEF without significant interaction. The CFS is a valuable prognostic tool in clinical settings.