Contemporary Epidemiology, Management, and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure in China

• The first characterization of patients admitted for heart failure in China is described.• Differences in the patient characteristics and treatments were identified in China compared to other registries.• A high prevalence of patients discharged from the hospital for heart failure did not rec eive target drug dosing.• Low systolic blood pressure, acute myocardial infarction, infection, right bundle branch block, and elevated total bilirubin and blood urea nitrogen were predictors of in-hospital mortality in Chinese patients with heart failure.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - October 10, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yuhui Zhang, Jian Zhang, Javed Butler, Xiaomin Yang, Peiyi Xie, Dongshuang Guo, Tiemin Wei, Jing Yu, Zhenli Wu, Yingchun Gao, Xiumin Han, Xuelian Zhang, Susheng Wen, Stefan D. Anker, Gerasimos Filippatos, Gregg C. Fonarow, Tianyi Gan, Rongcheng Zhang, on Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research