Linkage of Australian national registry data using a statistical linkage key.

Background: Data from clinical registries may be linked to gain additional insights into disease processes, risk factors and outcomes. Identifying information varies from full names, addresses and unique identification codes to statistical linkage keys to no direct identifying information at all. A number of databases in Australia contain the statistical linkage key 581 (SLK-581).

An Australian risk prediction model for 30-day mortality after isolated coronary artery bypass: the AusSCORE.

Objective: Our objective was to identify risk factors associated with 30-day mortality after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in the Australian context and to develop a preoperative model for 30-day mortality risk prediction.

Summary Background Data: Preoperative risk associated with cardiac surgery can be ascertained through a variety of risk prediction models, none of which is specific to the Australian population. Recently, it was shown that the widely used EuroSCORE model validated poorly for an Australian cohort.

Clinical characteristics and early mortality of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting compared to percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS) and the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) Registries.

Objectives: Controversy continues over the optimal revascularisation strategy for patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease. Clinical characteristics, risk profile, and mortality of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are thought to differ but there are limited contemporary comparative data.

Methods: We compared clinical characteristics, in-hospital and 30-day mortality of 3841 consecutive patients undergoing isolated CABG and 4417 undergoing PCI.

Initial twelve months experience and analysis for 2001-2002 from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons--Victorian database project.

Unlabelled: The Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS) have established a database for the collection and analysis of the results of cardiac surgery in Australia and New Zealand. Initially data has been collected only in Victoria public hospitals. This report covers the first 12 months of data collection from 1st August 2001 to 1st July 2002.