April 8, 2013European Journal of Heart Failure
Asian Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure (ASIAN-HF) Registry
Population
5000 Asian patients with symptomatic heart failure and LV systolic dysfunction across 44 centres in 11 Asian…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May inform Asian HFrEF resource allocation; leaves open whether registry data will change practice.
Structured PICO
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Population
5000 Asian patients with symptomatic heart failure (stage C) and LV systolic dysfunction (EF ≤ 40%) across 44 centres in 11 Asian regions
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Outcome
Death or hospitalization over 3 years, specifically incidence of and risk factors for sudden cardiac deathhard clinical
The ASIAN-HF registry is designed to provide prospective data on the demographics, risk factors, and outcomes of Asian patients with HFrEF to guide resource allocation and preventive strategies.
Cite This Study
Lam et al. (2013) studied this question.