title: Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Hospitalized Heart Failure in a Chinese Population-The Hong Kong Heart Failure Registry.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Epidemiological data for heart failure (HF) in the Chinese population is scarce. In this study, we described the clinical characteristics and outcomes of new-onset HF in our population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We conducted a retrospective, observational study on consecutive Chinese patients hospitalized for new-onset HF between 2005 and 2012 in our center. A total of 1940 patients (mean age, 78.2 ± 11.8 years, 54.2% female) were identified. The rate of new HF hospitalization was 0.59 per 1000 population. The most prevalent comorbidities were hypertension (69.8%) and coronary artery disease (29.3%), and 52.3% had HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The all-cause mortality was 19.5% at 1 year, 32.1% at 2 years, and 54% at 5 years. Cardiovascular mortality was 7.2% at 1 year, 11.8% at 2 years, and 20.7% at 5 years. No difference in all-cause mortality or cardiovascular mortality was observed between those with HF with reduced ejection fraction than HFpEF.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our patients with new-onset HF shared similar clinical characteristics with the Caucasian population. The prognosis was poor with high all-cause mortality for both HFpEF and HF with reduced ejection fraction.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Jo-Jo
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hai
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Pak-Hei
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Duo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Mei-Han
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Chi-Wai
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Chu-Pak
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Hung-Fat
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. Electronic address: cwdsiu@hku.hk.
authors.forename: Chung-Wah
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Siu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Chinese; Heart failure; clinical characteristics; outcomes