Modified essential frailty toolset for risk stratification in transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair
The EFT has prognostic value for patients undergoing TMTVR. Due to its simplicity, the EFT could serve as a first-line frailty assessment tool to guide therapeutic decision-making, potentially in a stepwise approach with MPI.
Authors
- Thorsten Gietzen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7948-202X)
- Roman Pfister
- Jennifer von Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3871-164X)
- Matthieu Schäfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1875-1163)
- Caroline Hasse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9757-1843)
- Richard J. Nies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1336-6031)
- P Von Stein
- Clemens Metze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8980-4598)
- Marcel Halbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6361-5825)
- Maria Isabel Körber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9073-9279)
- Merve Kural
- Jan Althoff
- S Baldus
- K Finke
- J Wrobel
- M. Cristina Polidori
Institutions
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Research in Cardiology
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-026-02864-z
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00