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Can a Left Ventricular Assist Device in Individuals with Advanced Systolic Heart Failure Improve or Reverse Frailty?

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2017

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Mathew S. Maurer, Evelyn M. Horn, Alex Reyentovich, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Sean Pinney, Deena Goldwater, Nathan E. Goldstein, Omar Jimenez, Sergio Teruya, Jeff Goldsmith,
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Abstract

Frailty decreased in approximately half of older adults with advanced heart failure after 6 months of LVAD support. Strategies to enhance frailty reversal in this population are worthy of additional study.

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