Risk stratification of Asian patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: the effectiveness of the Echo Heart Failure Score

Note: Funding Information: This work was supported by a Centre Grant from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore (grant number R-172-003-2190511) and by the Alexandre Suerman MD/PhD programme from the UMC Utrecht. Conflict of interest: C.S.P.L. is supported by a Clinician Scientist Award from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore; has received research support from Boston Scientific, Bayer, Thermofisher, Medtronic, and Vifor Pharma; and has consulted for Bayer, Novartis, Takeda, Merck, Astra Zeneca, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Menarini, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Abbott Diagnostics. A.M.R. is supported by a Senior Translational Research Award from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore and is Principal Investigator for the Centre Grant made to the National University Heart Centre, Singapore, which funded this study. He has consulted for, and received research support from, Bayer, Novartis, Merck, Medtronic, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Astra Zeneca, Roche Diagnostics, Thermo Fisher, Alere, Critical Diagnostics, and Abbott Diagnostics. Funding Information: This work was supported by a Centre Grant from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore (grant number R-172-003-2190511) and by the Alexandre Suerman MD/PhD programme from the UMC Utrecht. Conflict of interest: C.S.P.L. is supported by a Clinician Scientist Award from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore; has received research support from Boston Scientific, Bayer, Thermofisher, Medtronic, and Vifor Pharma; and has consulted for Bayer, Novartis, Takeda, Merck, Astra Zeneca, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Menarini, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Abbott Diagnostics. A.M.R. is supported by a Senior Translational Research Award from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore and is Principal Investigator for the Centre Grant made to the National University Heart Centre, Singapore, which funded this study. He has consulted for, and received research support from, Bayer, Novartis, Merck, Medtronic, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Astra Zeneca, Roche Diagnostics, Thermo Fisher, Alere, Critical Diagnostics, and Abbott Diagnostics. The authors would like to thank the clinicians, clinical research coordinators, and sonographers in their institutions who assisted with the conduct of this study. This work was supported by a Centre Grant from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore (grant number R-172-003-2190511) and by the Alexandre Suerman MD/PhD programme from the UMC Utrecht. Conflict of interest: C.S.P.L. is supported by a Clinician Scientist Award from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore; has received research support from Boston Scientific, Bayer, Thermofisher, Medtronic, and Vifor Pharma; and has consulted for Bayer, Novartis, Takeda, Merck, Astra Zeneca, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Menarini, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Abbott Diagnostics. A.M.R. is supported by a Senior Translational Research Award from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore and is Principal Investigator for the Centre Grant made to the National University Heart Centre, Singapore, which funded this study. He has consulted for, and received research support from, Bayer, Novartis, Merck, Medtronic, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Astra Zeneca, Roche Diagnostics, Thermo Fisher, Alere, Critical Diagnostics, and Abbott Diagnostics.