Why the study?
Does South Asian ethnicity affect admission rates and prognosis in patients newly admitted with heart failure compared to white patients?
Does South Asian ethnicity affect admission rates and prognosis in patients newly admitted with heart failure compared to white patients?
South Asian patients admitted with heart failure have higher admission rates and more comorbidities but a lower adjusted risk of death compared to white patients.
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South Asian HF patients had lower adjusted mortality despite more comorbidities; leaves open need for ethnicity-specific prognostic models.
Hanna Blackledge (2003) studied this question.
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