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scale reflects strength, mobility, weight loss, fatigue, and activity.5 The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) broadly reflects the patient’s functional abilities, and is predictive of survival after TAVI,6 whereas the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) narrowly reflects only the patient’s lowerextremity muscle function.7 Other TAVI-specific frailty scales have been developed3,4 (Figure). However, the prognostic value of frailty scales in patients undergoing TAVI have not been fully elucidated. There remains paucity of data on the effect of these frailty scales on readmission after TAVI. Moreover, most of the clinical frailty scales are considered too complex for daily use, and precise comparison has not been made yet. In previous issue of the Journal, Saji et al8 report the effect T ranscatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as a well-established treatment for patients with highand intermediate-surgical risk symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS).1 However, it is still challenging to identify patients who can benefit from this treatment because it is a more elderly cohort compared with other cardiovascular diseases. To identify the optimal candidates for TAVI, sufficient screening and risk stratification are required. However, the classical surgical risk scores have limitations to predict prognosis after TAVI.2 The concept of frailty has been widely accepted as a geriatric syndrome of impaired resilience to stressors, which leads to a high risk for adverse health outcomes. There have been many reports concerning the value of frailty markers to predict clinical outcome after TAVI.3–6 To achieve better discrimination, multimodal frailty scales are used. The Fried Article p 2191

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