Conformité Liée À L’usage Des Nouveaux Anticoagulants Oraux en Fibrillation Auriculaire

Abstract

PASE score), exhaustion (CES-D questionnaire) and shrinking (self-reported unintentional weight loss). Frailty is diagnosed when a patient scores below the pre-specified cutoff in >3 of the 5 domains. Follow up assessments will be performed at 1, 6, 12, and 24 months with all-cause mortality as the primary endpoint. Appropriate and inappropriate ICD therapies, and hospitalizations are secondary endpoints. RESULTS: We report on 19 patients who were referred for ICD/CRT insertion for primary prevention. Mean age was 71 AE 5.9 years and fifteen were male. The majority of patients had ischemic cardiomyopathy (n¼12). Overall, 13 patients received an ICD, 3 received CRT-D, and 3 patients declined device insertion. Of note, none of the 3 patients declining a device were diagnosed as frail. Frailty was diagnosed in 3 patients, representing a prevalence of 15%. Domain-specific results of frailty assessment appear in Table 1. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of frailty among patients referred for a primary prevention ICD/CRT is comparable to that of the community-dwelling elderly population. The impact of frailty on outcomes in these patients is yet to be determined.