Hospital Variation of Spironolactone Use in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure in China—The China PEACE Retrospective Heart Failure Study
Yu Y, Guan W, Masoudi FA, Wang B, He G, Spertus JA, Lu Y, Krumholz HM, Li J. Hospital Variation of Spironolactone Use in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure in China—The China PEACE Retrospective Heart Failure Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e026300. PMID: 36172964, PMCID: PMC9673705, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.026300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpironolactone prescriptionSpironolactone useHeart failureMedian odds ratioIdeal patientAldosterone antagonistsHospital variationMedian rateReduced ejection fractionUse of spironolactoneMultivariable linear regression modelsHeart Failure StudyEjection fractionHospital characteristicsOdds ratioRepresentative cohortPatientsHospitalChinese hospitalsInappropriate usePrescriptionSpironolactoneSelect individualsAntagonistHigh rate