2019
Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure in China: The China PEACE Retrospective Heart Failure Study
Yu Y, Gupta A, Wu C, Masoudi FA, Du X, Zhang J, Krumholz HM, Li J, Group T. Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure in China: The China PEACE Retrospective Heart Failure Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2019, 8: e012884. PMID: 31431117, PMCID: PMC6755852, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.012884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureHF careSignificant healthcare resource utilizationBackground Heart failureGuideline-recommended medicationsLower inpatient mortalityAcute heart failureOutcomes of patientsHealthcare resource utilizationLower prescription ratesMedical record abstractionHeart Failure StudyTraditional Chinese medicineHospital mortalityConclusions PatientsInpatient mortalityPatient characteristicsTreatment withdrawalEjection fractionMedian agePrescription ratesRecord abstractionMedian lengthBiomarker testingInpatient setting
2015
Trends in Cardiac Biomarker Testing in China for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction, 2001 to 2011: China PEACE-Retrospective AMI Study
Zhan L, Masoudi FA, Li X, Hu S, Venkatesh AK, Spertus JA, Lin Z, Desai NR, Li J, Krumholz HM, Jiang L, . Trends in Cardiac Biomarker Testing in China for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction, 2001 to 2011: China PEACE-Retrospective AMI Study. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0122237. PMID: 25893247, PMCID: PMC4404305, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac biomarker testingProportion of hospitalsBiomarker testingChinese hospitalsDiagnosis of AMIChina PEACE-Retrospective AMI StudyRate of useMiddle-income countriesMyocardial infarctionPractice compliesHigh-income countriesAMI admissionsBiomarker testsUrban hospitalBiomarker use