Contemporary Epidemiology, Management, and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure in China: Results from the China Heart Failure (China-HF) Registry.

•The first characterization of patients admitted for heart failure in China is presented.•Differences in patient characteristics and treatments were identified in China compared with other registries.•A high prevalence of patients discharged from the hospital for heart failure did not receive target drug dosing.•Low systolic blood pressure, acute myocardial infarction, infection, right bundle branch block, and elevated total bilirubin and blood urea nitrogen were predictors of in-hospital mortality in Chinese patients with heart failure.