2020
Frequency, trends and institutional variation in 30‐day all‐cause mortality and unplanned readmissions following hospitalisation for heart failure in Australia and New Zealand
Labrosciano C, Horton D, Air T, Tavella R, Beltrame JF, Zeitz CJ, Krumholz HM, Adams R, Scott IA, Gallagher M, Hossain S, Hariharaputhiran S, Ranasinghe I. Frequency, trends and institutional variation in 30‐day all‐cause mortality and unplanned readmissions following hospitalisation for heart failure in Australia and New Zealand. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2020, 23: 31-40. PMID: 33094886, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHF hospitalisationUnplanned readmissionReadmission ratesHeart failure hospitalisationUnplanned readmission rateMortality cohortReadmission cohortCause mortalityHeart failurePrimary outcomeHospitalisationReadmissionSeparate cohortMortality rateHospitalPatientsMortalityCare qualityPrivate hospitalsStudy periodCohortModest declineNational averageOutcomesDays
2019
The China Patient-centred Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE) prospective heart failure study design
Huang X, Yu Y, Li X, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Yan X, Krumholz HM, Jiang L, Li J. The China Patient-centred Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE) prospective heart failure study design. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e025144. PMID: 30782925, PMCID: PMC6377534, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported outcomesHeart failureChina PatientMedical historyCardiac Events Prospective Heart Failure StudyDisease-specific health statusEthics CommitteeCardiovascular risk factorsProspective cohort studyMin walk testHeart Failure StudyPatient's medical historyLocal ethics committeeQuality of careCollection of bloodHF hospitalisationHospitalisation eventsHospital outcomesCohort studyPatient demographicsTransthoracic echocardiogramWalk testHospital treatmentMedical recordsRisk factors