The Surgical Challenges of Rheumatic Valve Disease in Indigenous Australians
| Autor: | Robert A. Baker, Hugh Cullen, Jayme Bennetts, David Lance, Gregory D. Rice |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Population Demographic analysis Indigenous Surgery Catheter Statistical significance Internal medicine Conventional PCI Medicine Risk factor Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business education |
| Zdroj: | Heart, Lung and Circulation. 23:e36 |
| ISSN: | 1443-9506 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.10.022 |
| Popis: | angiography at RDH between the 30th June 2011–31st July 2011 were selected and data compiled from the RDH cardiac catheter lab database. Baseline demography, risk factor profile, revascularisation procedures were determined. Basic demographic analysis were performed with further statistical analysis by 2 tailed Chi-Square test to assess statistical significance between the variables. Results: 254 patients were sampled of which 49% were Indigenous in origin. Indigenous patient were younger with nearly 60% of the population below the age of 50. Incidences of ACS among the Indigenous patients were (633 cases/ 100,000) compared to (195 cases/100,000) amongst the non-Indigenous patients. Traditional cardiovascular risk factors were more prevalent among the Indigenous population. Indigenous patients underwent more CABG procedures (12% vs. 8%) but less PCI procedures (16% vs. 20%) although this was not found to be statistically significant. Conclusions: Nearly half of ACS patients at RDH were Indigenous in origin with approximately 2/3 below the age of 50. Indigenous patients had threefold more incidence of ACS compared to non-Indigenous patients. Both populations underwent relatively similar proportions of various revascularisation procedures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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