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Frailty and Cardiovascular Health

  • Kirstyn James
  • , Yasser Jamil
  • , Manish Kumar
  • , Min J Kwak
  • , Michael G Nanna
  • , Saadia Qazi
  • , Aaron L Troy
  • , Jawad H Butt
  • , Abdulla A Damluji
  • , Daniel E Forman
  • , Ariela R Orkaby*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The incidence of frailty and cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases as the population ages. There is a bidirectional relationship between frailty and CVD, and both conditions share several risk factors and underlying biological mechanisms. Frailty has been established as an independent prognostic marker in patients with CVD. Moreover, its presence significantly influences both primary and secondary prevention strategies for adults with CVD while also posing a barrier to the inclusion of these patients in pivotal clinical trials and advanced cardiac interventions. This review discusses the current knowledge base on the relationship between frailty and CVD, how managing CVD risk factors can modify frailty, the influence of frailty on CVD management, and future directions for frailty detection and modification in patients with CVD.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere031736
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of the American Heart Association
Volume13
Issue number15
Early online date26 Jul 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Aug 2024

Funding

FundersFunder number
George F. and Ann Harris Bellows Foundation
Yale Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence CenterP30AG021342
National Institutes of HealthR03AG074067
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research InstituteIHS-2021C3-24 147
Johns Hopkins UniversityP30-AG021334
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteK23-HL153771-01
National Institute on AgingR01AG071807, U19AG065188
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    Keywords

    • Aged
    • Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology
    • Frail Elderly
    • Frailty/epidemiology
    • Geriatric Assessment/methods
    • Heart Disease Risk Factors
    • Humans
    • Incidence
    • Prognosis
    • Risk Assessment
    • Risk Factors
    • Primary prevention
    • Cardiovascular interventions
    • Aging
    • Secondary prevention
    • Frailty
    • Cardiovascular diseases
    • Geriatric syndromes

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