@article{Mone_Minicucci_Pansini_Rizzo_Carbonella_Mauro_2019, title={Gait Speed test in physically frailty patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction}, volume={67}, url={https://www.jgerontology-geriatrics.com/article/view/47}, abstractNote={<p>Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most frequent cause of death worldwide and, approximately. Age is an<br>important determinant of outcomes for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Older<br>adults are at particular risk of developing frailty, a biological syndrome of decreased physiological reserves<br>resulting in increased vulnerability to stressors. When exposed to such stressors, frail patients are at risk for<br>decompensation, adverse events, procedural complications, prolonged recovery, functional decline, disability<br>and mortality. Frailty has become a priority section in cardiovascular medicine because of the aging and the<br>comorbidities of these patients. There is no upper age limit with respect to reperfusion, especially with PPCI.<br>In a 2013 study, Yasushi Matsuzawa et al. evidenced that slow gait speed was strongly associated with future<br>cardiovascular events in STEMI patients who underwent successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention<br>(PPCI). On the basis of existing literature, we may speculate that STEMI patients with frailty should be<br>studied with 5 metres gait speed test before hospital discharge, for a better evaluation of physical status. The<br>results of the test might indicate how to set the pharmacological strategy, cardiac rehabilitation and the time of<br>follow-up, for improving quality of life of the patients, reducing mortality and hospitalization.</p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS}, author={Mone, P. and Minicucci, F. and Pansini, A. and Rizzo, A. and Carbonella, M. and Mauro, C.}, year={2019}, month={Sep.}, pages={181-185} }