Frailty related all-cause mortality or hospital readmission among adults aged 65 and older with stage-B heart failure inpatients

Table 1 The ARIC criteria for wall motion abnormalities, valvular heart disease, LV enlargement, LV hypertrophy, systolic abnormality and diastolic abnormality

	Men	Women
Wall motion abnormalities	Hypokinesis, akinesis, or dyskinesis of two or more contiguous segments of the LV
Valvular heart disease	Moderate or greater stenosis or regurgitation in the aortic or mitral valve
LV enlargement	LVEDV/BSA > 60.2 mL/m²	LVEDV/BSA > 51.9 mL/m²
LV hypertrophy	LV mass/height > 45 g/m^2.7	LV mass/height > 41.5 g/m^2.7
Systolic abnormality	LVEF < 59%	LVEF < 57.4%
Diastolic abnormality	LAV/BSA > 34.2 ml/m²; septal e’ < 4.3 cm/s; septal E/e’ > 14.8	LAV/BSA > 32.4 ml/m²; septal e’ < 4.1 cm/s; septal E/e’ > 17.4

Abbreviations: ARIC the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities, LV Left ventricular, LVEDV Left ventricular end-diastolic volume, BSA Body surface area, LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, LAV Left atrial volume

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