Can a Left Ventricular Assist Device in Individuals with Advanced Systolic Heart Failure Improve or Reverse Frailty?

ConclusionFrailty decreased in approximately half of older adults with advanced heart failure after 6 months of LVAD support. Strategies to enhance frailty reversal in this population are worthy of additional study.

Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - September 21, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mathew S. Maurer, Evelyn Horn, Alex Reyentovich, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Sean Pinney, Deena Goldwater, Nathan E. Goldstein, Omar Jimenez, Sergio Teruya, Jeff Goldsmith, Stephen Helmke, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Gordon R. Reeves Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research