Frantzen AT, Eide LSP, Fridlund B, et al. - Researchers investigated whether frailty altered 6 months following aortic valve replacement in octogenarians, in this prospective cohort study. They also assessed alterations in self-rated health based on frailty status in patients who received transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or surgical aortic valve replacement. Data were studied for 143 consecutive patients (mean age 83 ± 2.7 years, 57% females; 45% had TAVI). According to findings, improvement in self-rated health was brought about by advanced treatment performed in a high-risk population. Although a link of frailty with poor self-rated health was evident, frailty status did not equal negative results. Improvements in self-rated physical and mental health were the greatest among the frail patients, and these exhibited the lowest baseline self-rated health scores and thus had the most to gain.