Scientific journal
Научное обозрение. Медицинские науки
ISSN 2500-0780
ПИ №ФС77-57452

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FRAILTY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AS NEGATIVE PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR EACH OTHER

Zarudsky A.A. 1, 2 Prashchayev K.I. 3
1 Belgorod State University
2 Belgorod Regional Hospital of Saint Ioasaf
3 Researching Medical Center “Gerontology”
Aging is one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors. But it is still unknown how to measure risk in old people. Biological age asa a result of aging process, morbidity and other factors is much more important than chronological age in old people. Frailty, defined as an increased physiologic vulnerability to stressors is a reflection of pathological aging. Aim; appreciate the role of frailty as a risk factor in old people with cardiovascular disease. Method: Using PUBMED we have done a literary review of the relationship between frailty and cardiovascular disease in old people. The key words for searching were: frailty, frailty and hypertension, frailty and heart failure, frailty and CHD, frailty and angina. Results: The prevalence of frailty in old people is 12,9-49% according to different studies. Frailty is a usual condition in old patients with cardiovascular disease, especially with chronic heart failure. Frailty is associated with cardiovascular risk factors, hypertension, higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in old patients with cardiac disease. Conclusions; Frailty must be validated in all patients > 65 years old as an important prognostic factor. This is much more important in patients before PCI, cardiac surgery, TAVI