Publications by authors named "Wanrong Zhu"
Background: the prevalence of physical and multidimensional frailty and their prognostic impact on clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is unclear.
Objective: to evaluated frailty in a cohort of patients with AF according to different criteria, and studied the prevalence and its prognostic impact on clinical outcomes.
Methods: in this multicenter prospective cohort, 197 inpatients ≥ 65 years old with AF were recruited from September 2018 to April 2019.
Introduction: Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has become the main type of HF worldwide. Although large randomised controlled studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors among patients with HFpEF, the mechanisms remain unclear. Basic research suggests that empagliflozin inhibits myocardial fibrosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerformance of Prognostic Risk Scores in Elderly Chinese Patients with Heart Failure.
Clin Interv Aging
October 2021
Article Synopsis
- Elderly heart failure (HF) patients experience different characteristics and worse outcomes than younger patients, prompting a study to validate the Seattle Heart Failure Model (SHFM) and the MAGGIC score specifically for this demographic.
- A retrospective analysis of 675 older HF patients (aged 70+) showed that the SHFM had better predictive accuracy and calibration for 1-year mortality compared to the MAGGIC score, with lower predicted mortality rates and higher c-statistics.
- The study concluded that the SHFM is more reliable than the MAGGIC score in forecasting 1-year mortality risks for elderly Chinese HF patients, highlighting its effectiveness in assessing patient prognosis.
Background: Large-scale and population-based studies of heart failure (HF) incidence and prevalence are scarce in China. The study sought to estimate the prevalence, incidence, and cost of HF in China.
Methods: We conducted a population-based study using records of 50.