Getting a grip on frailty: handgrip strength in patient selection for left ventricular assist device

J Card Fail. 2014 May;20(5):316-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.03.002. Epub 2014 Mar 15.

Authors

Kelsey M Flint¹, Larry A Allen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
² Section of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, and Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado; Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium, Denver, Colorado. Electronic address: Larry.Allen@ucdenver.edu.

PMID: 24642378
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.03.002

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MeSH terms

Female
Hand Strength / physiology*
Heart Failure / mortality*
Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart-Assist Devices / trends*
Humans
Male