Delays in patients waiting for in-hospital angiography and CABG results in significant health care cost

Abstract

Social Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease 605 ACTUALCARDIACRISKINSELFDEEMED‘NORMAL’ POPULATION Rebecca Perry, Majo X. Joseph, Amy Penhall, Lynn Brown, Derek P. Chew, Philip E. Aylward, Carmine G. De Pasquale Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Australia and other western countries. The common CAD risk factors are generally well known at a community level; however, perceived risk by individuals is often skewed. Our aim was to determine the actual risk in a population who defined themselves as normal. Methods: One hundred and nineteen subjects who considered themselves very low risk for cardiovascular disease underwent complete risk factor analysis including blood pressure, cholesterol testing and questioning on cardiac history. This data was used to calculate each subject’s 10-year Framingham risk index. Results: The majority (87%) of subjects were deemed to have a low cardiac risk (less than 10% over the next 10 years), however 13% were deemed to have moderate or high cardiac risk. Results are shown below. Total cohort (n= 119) Low risk group (n= 104) Moderate/high