Associations of medicine use and ejection fraction with the coexistence of frailty and sarcopenia in a sample of heart failure outpatients: a cross-sectional study.
Rui ValdiviessoTeresa F AmaralEmília MoreiraAna Rita Sousa-SantosMário FernandesMaria J V AguiarSónia MartinsLuís F AzevedoLia FernandesJosé Silva-CardosoNuno BorgesPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2023)
The relatively low frequency of coexistence of frailty and sarcopenia signifies that each of these two conditions still deserve individual attention from health professionals in their clinical practice and should be screened separately. Being a woman, older age, having HFpEF, using anticoagulants, antidepressants, loop diuretics and acetylsalicylic acid, and not using statins, were associated with having concomitant frailty and sarcopenia. These patients can potentially benefit from interventions that impact their quality of life such as nutritional and mental health interventions and exercise training.
Keyphrases
- community dwelling
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- skeletal muscle
- physical activity
- heart failure
- mental health
- clinical practice
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- working memory
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- case report
- atrial fibrillation
- aortic valve
- middle aged