Publications by authors named "Matthew Shu"
Background: Haemorrhagic stroke (HS) is an important cardiovascular cause of mortality worldwide. Trends in admission rates and outcomes, and predictors of outcomes, post-HS in Australia remain unclear.
Methods: All New South Wales residents, Australia, hospitalized with HS from 2002 to 2017 were identified from the Admitted-Patient-Data-Collection database.
Background: Global trends in mitral valve surgery (MVSx) suggest increasing repair compared with replacement, especially in the United States and European countries. The relative use, and outcomes of, MV repair and replacement in Australia are unknown.
Methods: New South Wales residents who underwent isolated MVSx between 2001 and 2017 were identified from the Admitted-Patient-Data-Collection database.
Age is a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis. However, pathophysiological disease processes in the arteries are not an inevitable feature of aging. Large cohort studies with arterial phenotyping along with clinical and demographic data are essential to better understand factors related to the susceptibility or resilience to age-related vascular pathophysiology in humans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients ≥ 80 years of age are underrepresented in major implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) trials, and real-world data are lacking. In this study, we sought to assess ICD utilisation, outcomes, and their predictors, in an unselected statewide population including patients ≥ 80 years old.
Methods: We extracted details of ICDs implanted from 2009 to 2018 in New South Wales (NSW), Australia from the Centre for Health Record Linkage administrative data sets.