Formalized Frailty Evaluation Improves Provider Communication And Confidence In Frailty Assessment Of Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

There are currently no standardized objective measures or definition of frailty specific to the advanced heart failure (HF) patient. As a result, the concept of frailty is challenging to communicate across providers and care teams, and utilizing frailty as a definitive criterion for evaluating patient candidacy for advanced HF therapies becomes more difficult.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: 019 Source Type: research