Open Access<p>Modified Frailty as a Novel Factor in Predicting the Maintenance of the Sinus Rhythm After Electrical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly Population</p>
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Młynarska,
Rafał Młynarski,
C Marcisz,
Krzysztof S. Gołba
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s255853
Subject(s) - medicine , cardioversion , sinus rhythm , atrial fibrillation , electrical cardioversion , cardiology , logistic regression , population , risk factor , environmental health
Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome that causes an elevated risk of catastrophic declines in the health and function among older adults - we hypothesized that frailty may be related to the maintenance of sinus rhythm after cardioversion.