Wu, Xiaoting
Chen, Mengli
Wang, Kai
Gao, Rongrong
Li, Xinli
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81730106)
Article History
Received: 7 April 2019
Accepted: 6 May 2019
First Online: 22 May 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Ethic Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and registered at ExternalRef removed (Registration Number: ChiCTR-ONC-12001944). From March 2012 to October 2016, a total of 493 patients were prospectively enrolled and hospitalized for diagnosis of AHF in Cardiology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, according to Chinese guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. Data collection included demographic characteristics, medical history, etiology and comorbidity of AHF, oral medications at admission, laboratory examination, 12-lead ECG, and echocardiography. Patients with AHF hospitalization were followed up for 18 months using all-cause death as primary endpoint.
: All participants gave written informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.