Heart Failure in Minority Populations - Impediments to Optimal Treatment in Australian Aborigines.

2016-08-01

Iyngkaran, Pupalan

Kangaharan, Nadarajah

Zimmet, Hendrik

Arstall, Margaret

Minson, Rob

Thomas, Merlin C

Bergin, Peter

Atherton, John

MacDonald, Peter

Hare, David L

Horowitz, John D

Ilton, Marcus

Cardiologist and Senior Lecturer NT Medical School, Flinders University, Tiwi, NT 0811, Australia. balaniyngkaran@hotmail.com.

Australia

Chronic Disease

Forecasting

Heart Failure

Humans

Life Style

Patient Acceptance of Health Care

Prospective Studies

Journal Article

Publication

Chronic heart failure (CHF) among Aboriginal/Indigenous Australians is endemic. There are also grave concerns for outcomes once acquired. This point is compounded by a lack of prospective and objective studies to plan care. To capture the essence of the presented topic it is essential to broadly understand Indigenous health. Key words such as 'worsening', 'gaps', 'need to do more', 'poorly studied', or 'future studies should inform' occur frequently in contrast to CHF research for almost all other groups. This narrative styled opinion piece attempts to discuss future directions for CHF care for Indigenous Australians. We provide a synopsis of the problem, highlight the treatment gaps, and define the impediments that present hurdles in optimising CHF care for Indigenous Australians.

link

Curr Cardiol Rev . 2016;12(3):166-79. doi: 10.2174/1573403x12666160606115034.

1875-6557

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27280307/?otool=iaurydwlib