title: Outcome following valve surgery in Australia: development of an enhanced database module.
abstract: Valvular heart disease, including rheumatic heart disease (RHD), is an important cause of heart disease globally. Management of advanced disease can include surgery and other interventions to repair or replace affected valves. This article summarises the methodology of a study that will incorporate enhanced data collection systems to provide additional insights into treatment choice and outcome for advanced valvular disease including that due to RHD.
  
  
  
  An enhanced data collection system will be developed linking an existing Australian cardiac surgery registry to more detailed baseline co-morbidity, medication, echocardiographic and hospital separation data to identify predictors of morbidity and mortality outcome following valve surgery.
  
  
  
  This project aims to collect and incorporate more detailed information regarding pre and postoperative factors and subsequent morbidity. We will use this to provide additional insights into treatment choice and outcome.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.|School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: E Anne
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.affiliation: School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.|School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.affiliation: Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Warren F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.affiliation: Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit, South Australia Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia.|School of Population Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia. graeme.maguire@bakeridi.edu.au.|School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. graeme.maguire@bakeridi.edu.au.
authors.forename: Graeme P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Maguire
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D015897:Comorbidity; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012042:Registries; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Indigenous health; Outcome indicators; Rheumatic heart disease; Surgery timing; Valve surgery