Beyond Cardiorenal Risk Factors: The Prognostic Role of Frailty in Acute Heart Failure
Background: Frailty is highly prevalent in acute heart failure (AHF), yet whether it is more strongly associated with all-cause mortality or with non-fatal heart-failure events, and whether it adds information beyond cardiac severity, is seldom examined. Methods: In a prospective single-center registry of 530 consecuti...