The China Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (China PEACE) retrospective heart failure study design
Yu Y, Zhang H, Li X, Lu Y, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Li J. The China Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (China PEACE) retrospective heart failure study design. BMJ Open 2018, 8: e020918. PMID: 29748344, PMCID: PMC5950642, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureChina PatientEthics CommitteeRetrospective cohort studyHeart Failure StudyCardiovascular disease prevalenceEthics committee approvalQuality of careHospital outcomesCohort studyPatient characteristicsLeading causeMedical recordsCardiovascular diseaseCase ascertainmentTreatment outcomesCurrent burdenCommittee approvalData abstractionDiagnostic testingPatient recordsCentral Ethics CommitteeLocal approvalPatientsStudy design