Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesCohort study
Heart Failure Quality of Care Among Asian Patients in the United States
- Retrospective cohort study
- registry-based (Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure)
- 824 US hospitals
Authors' conclusion
HF quality of care is heterogeneous, with substantial gaps in certain U.S. Asian groups compared with non-Hispanic White patients.
Study context
- Population
- Patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF), 824 US hospitals, GWTG-HF registry, 2015–20237,261 Asian vs 768,566 White
- Exposure
- Individual Asian groups vs non-Hispanic White patients
- Non-Hispanic Whiten = 768,566reference
- Outcome
- OMT at discharge for HFrEF (ACEi/ARB/ARNI and beta-blocker for EF ≤40%, MRA for EF ≤35%); LOS >4 days, defect-free care (OMT, follow-up visit scheduling, HF education) and in-hospital mortality with any EF
- Follow-up
- Discharge
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
OMT at discharge (HFrEF); LOS >4 days, defect-free care, in-hospital mortality (any EF)
Each group vs Non-Hispanic WhiteAdjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Vietnamese maleOMT
0.68(0.47–1.00)
Vietnamese maleLOS >4 days
0.68(0.50–0.91)
Filipina femaleLOS >4 days
0.66(0.46–0.95)
Filipina femaledefect-free care
0.52(0.34–0.82)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Heart Failure Quality of Care Among Asian Patients in the United States. J Am Coll Cardiol. Published 14 January 2026. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.10.070
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it