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Abstract| Volume 20, ISSUE 4, P251-252, April 2011

Cardiac Surgery in Indigenous Australians—How Wide is ‘The Gap’?

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2010.11.010
Cardiac Surgery in Indigenous Australians—How Wide is ‘The Gap’?
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      Introduction: Cardiovascular disease remains the biggest killer of Australians in general and this holds true for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians [
      • Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
      The health and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strai Islander peoples 2008.
      ABS and AIHW, Canberra2008
      ]. Limited research exists in regards to cardiac surgery in the Australian Indigenous population. What evidence does exist suggests Indigenous patients present for surgery at a much younger age and trend towards higher operative mortality than their non-Indigenous counterparts [
      • Lehman S.J.
      • Baker R.A.
      • Aylward P.E.
      • Knight J.L.
      • Chew D.P.
      Outcomes of cardiac surgery in Indigenous Australians.
      Med J Aust. 2009; 190: 588-593
      ]. Our service provides tertiary cardiac surgical services to the North Queensland region and the Torres Strait Islands. Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander (ATSI) people constitute a relatively substantial proportion of our patient population, and, given this high proportion, we aim to investigate risk factor profiles, surgical pathologies, surgical management and short term outcomes in a contemporary group of patients.
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      References

        • Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
        The health and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strai Islander peoples 2008.
        ABS and AIHW, Canberra2008 ([ABS Cat. No. 4704.0; AIHW Cat. No. IHW 21])
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        • Lehman S.J.
        • Baker R.A.
        • Aylward P.E.
        • Knight J.L.
        • Chew D.P.
        Outcomes of cardiac surgery in Indigenous Australians.
        Med J Aust. 2009; 190: 588-593
        View in Article

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2010.11.010

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