Hospital Variation of Spironolactone Use in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure in China—The China PEACE Retrospective Heart Failure Study
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Guo W, Du X, Gao Y, Hu S, Lu Y, Dreyer RP, Li X, Spatz ES, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Zheng X. Sex Differences in Characteristics, Treatments, and Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized for Non–ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction in China: 2006 to 2015. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2022, 15: e008535. PMID: 35607994, PMCID: PMC9208815, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.121.008535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSegment elevation myocardial infarctionInvasive strategyMyocardial infarctionHospital mortalityHospital outcomesMultivariable logistic regression modelCardiovascular risk factorsElevation myocardial infarctionSex-related disparitiesQuality of careProportion of womenLogistic regression modelsSex differencesClinical characteristicsClinical profileRisk factorsClinical covariatesSex-specific differencesPatientsInfarctionST segmentSex gapChinese hospitalsMortalityWomen