Why the study?
Frailty has been proposed as a poor prognostic indicator for elderly CAD patients, but its effect on all-cause mortality following PCI needed evaluation.
Does frailty predict all-cause mortality in elderly patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention?
Population
2658 elderly participants across nine studies
Comparison
Frailty vs non-frailty
Design
Systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors
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Frailty signals higher post-PCI mortality in elderly CAD; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions before practice change.
Does frailty predict all-cause mortality in elderly patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention?
Frailty is a strong predictor of in-hospital, short-term, and long-term all-cause mortality in elderly patients undergoing PCI, highlighting the importance of routine frailty screening for risk stratification.
He et al. (2021) studied this question.
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