BMJ public health
Mortality and recurrent events after first hospitalisation for heart failure and pulmonary heart disease: a community-based prospective study of 0.5 million Chinese adults
By Ndip Agbor V, Chen Y, Wright N and 12 others.
Abstract
Background
Little is known about inequalities in prognosis of heart failure (HF) and pulmonary heart disease (PHD) in low-income and middle-income countries. The aims of this study were to compare hospitalisation and mortality rates between HF and PHD cases in Chinese adults.
