Association between discharge destination and mid-term mortality in octogenarian patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

The incidence and influencing factors of in-hospital frailty progression following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

“…Furthermore, some prior reports have shown a direct relationship between frailty progression and a poor prognosis in elderly patients (4). A previous report among octogenarians with acute myocardial infarction found that patients who could not be discharged home had a higher mid-term mortality rate than those who could be discharged home (13). Although we could not investigate the prognosis in this study, it is suggested that frailty progression after TAVI, which leads to a lower home discharge rate, may be correlated with the prognosis.…”

“…Mechanical complications included aortic root or ventricular injury requiring open-heart surgery. Home discharge was defined as the return to the home the patients lived before TAVI (13) and not transferred to another hospital or nursing home. Cognitive function was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and a low cognitive function was defined as a score !23 (14,15).…”