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Assessing and managing frailty in advanced heart failure: An International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation consensus statement

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posted on 2024-11-17, 13:01 authored by Quin E Denfeld, Sunita R Jha, Erik Fung, Tiny Jaarsma, Mathew S Maurer, Gordon R Reeves, Jonathan Afilalo, Nadine Beerli, Lavanya Bellumkonda, Sabina De Geest, Eiran Z Gorodeski, Emer Joyce, Jon Kobashigawa, Oliver Mauthner, Julee McDonagh, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Jo Ann Lindenfeld, Peter MacDonald
Frailty is increasingly recognized as a salient condition in patients with heart failure (HF) as previous studies have determined that frailty is highly prevalent and prognostically significant, particularly in those with advanced HF. Definitions of frailty have included a variety of domains, including physical performance, sarcopenia, disability, comorbidity, and cognitive and psychological impairments, many of which are common in advanced HF. Multiple groups have recently recommended incorporating frailty assessments into clinical practice and research studies, indicating the need to standardize the definition and measurement of frailty in advanced HF. Therefore, the purpose of this consensus statement is to provide an integrated perspective on the definition of frailty in advanced HF and to generate a consensus on how to assess and manage frailty. We convened a group of HF clinicians and researchers who have expertise in frailty and related geriatric conditions in HF, and we focused on the patient with advanced HF. Herein, we provide an overview of frailty and how it has been applied in advanced HF (including potential mechanisms), present a definition of frailty, generate suggested assessments of frailty, provide guidance to differentiate frailty and related terms, and describe the assessment and management in advanced HF, including with surgical and nonsurgical interventions. We conclude by outlining critical evidence gaps, areas for future research, and clinical implementation.

Funding

National Institutes of Health (K12HD043488)

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Journal title

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volume

43

Issue

1

Pagination

1-27

Language

English

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