Association of Frailty Factors, Especially Handgrip Strength, With One-Year Clinical Prognosis Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Kenji Tsujimoto, Shinichi Watanabe · 2026
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Kenji Tsujimoto and Shinichi Watanabe present a 2026 study on which parts of frailty matter most after a catheter-based heart valve procedure in older patients. Frailty predicts outcomes after this valve replacement, called TAVI, but it has many parts. The team asked which parts drive the risk over the following year.
Records for 123 patients were reviewed. Before the procedure, frailty was scored overall and split into physical parts, such as grip strength and a short performance test, and a nutritional part based on a blood protein. Over one year, 32 patients died or returned to hospital. Weaker grip strength and higher frailty scores were each linked with those events.
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| CREATOR | Kenji Tsujimoto, Shinichi Watanabe |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27291 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |