Heart Failure Treatment Pattern Analysis of HF Patients in HF Centers and Non-HF Centers in China

Heart Failure Treatment Pattern Analysis of HF Patients in HF Centers and Non-HF Centers in China: a Retrospective Database-based Study

This is a retrospective, researcher-initiated, database-based study that will retrospectively observe the treatment and medication patterns of about 22,500 patients with heart failure from 25 heart failure centers and 25 non-heart failure centers in the database of heart failure center. The proportion of patients with heart failure treatment drugs reaching the target dose recommended in the guidelines and discontinuation rate will be observed at 1 month, 3 months and 12 months follow up time point. The purpose of this study is to illustrate the current HF treatment status in HF center hospitals and non-HF center hospitals, which may provide insights for improving the clinical practice of heart failure treatment in China, and promote the standardization of heart failure treatment in China.

Inclusion Criteria:

• An index HF diagnosis date in the records
• Age ≥ 18 years old at initial diagnosis date
• HF patients baseline characteristic record