Frailty Severity Outcomes After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Osamah Badwan, Chadi Tabaja, Issam Motairek, Abdallah Abuawad, Faysal Massad, Grant Reed, Abdulla Damluji, Mohamed Kanj, Oussama Wazni, Samir Kapadia · 2026
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Osamah Badwan and colleagues ask whether frailty predicts outcomes after left atrial appendage occlusion in a 2026 cohort study. The procedure prevents stroke in atrial fibrillation patients who cannot take long-term blood thinners, but many are old and medically complex.
Using the TriNetX network, the team sorted patients treated between 2015 and 2024 by the five-item modified frailty index. Groups ranged from robust to frail, and matched comparisons followed long-term results. Greater frailty came with stepwise higher death, ischemic stroke, heart events, and geriatric problems. The authors support checking frailty before the procedure so that risk talks and care plans reflect real patient vulnerability.
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| CREATOR | Osamah Badwan, Chadi Tabaja, Issam Motairek, Abdallah Abuawad, Faysal Massad, Grant Reed, Abdulla Damluji, Mohamed Kanj, Oussama Wazni, Samir Kapadia |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12086 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |