The electronic frailty index and outcomes in patients with myocardial infarction

• DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afae150
• Publication Date: 2024-07-16T07:56:32Z
• Authors: Matthew T H Lowry; Dorien M Kimenai; Dimitrios Doudesis; Konstantin Georgiev; Michael McDermott; Anda Bularga; Caelan Taggart; Ryan Wereski; Amy V Ferry; Stacey D Stewart; Christopher Tuck; David E Newby; Nicholas L Mills; Atul Anand
• Keywords: Male; Aged, 80 and over; Frailty; Frail Elderly; Myocardial Infarction; Risk Assessment; Hospitalization; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Risk Factors; Cause of Death; Humans; Female; Registries; Geriatric Assessment; Research Paper; Aged; Retrospective Studies

Frailty is increasingly present in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The electronic Index (eFI) a validated method of identifying vulnerable older the community from routine primary care data. Our aim was to assess relationship between eFI and outcomes hospitalised