Advances in Gerontology · 2019
The influence of frailty on the prognosis of adverse events development in patients with acute coronary syndrome (a literature review)
By Aydumova OY, Shchukin YV
The article analyses recent studies dedicated to elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with senile asthenia syndrome - frailtyand without it. The presence of frailty in an elderly patient with ACS is associated with marked comorbidity and long-lasting hospitalization, high risk of adverse cardiovascular events, including recurrent myocardial infarction, as well as death from all causes, either during the current hospitalization or within a year after the discharge from the hospital. However, the evidence concerning the influence of frailty on the risk of bleeding is controversial.