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Proberts, Mark William

Deceased

Mark William Proberts

Demographics

52y, male

Date of death

2013-02-06

Finding date

2014-11-03

Cause of death

Acute coronary syndrome caused by coronary artery embolus secondary to infective endocarditis

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Mark Proberts, a 52-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions (diabetes, liver disease, hypertension), died in hospital from acute coronary syndrome secondary to infective endocarditis. He was transferred from correctional custody to Princess Alexandra Hospital after developing sepsis from foot ulcer infection. Despite appropriate triple antibiotic therapy and identification of the infective organism, a septic embolus lodged in his coronary artery causing fatal myocardial infarction. An independent medical review found the medical care at both the correctional centre and hospital was appropriate and adequate. The coroner found no evidence of negligence or preventable errors, and no changes to procedures were recommended.

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Specialties

emergency medicineintensive carecardiologyinfectious diseasescorrectional health

Drugs involved

penicillintriple antibiotic therapy

Clinical conditions

infective endocarditisacute coronary syndromesepsiscoronary artery emboluschronic diabetes mellituschronic liver diseasehypertensionfoot ulcer with secondary infection

Procedures

echocardiogramblood cultureelectrocardiogramliver ultrasoundpost-mortem CT scan

Contributing factors

  • infective endocarditis from foot ulcer infection
  • coronary artery embolus from septic vegetation
  • chronic liver disease
  • diabetes mellitus
  • hypertension
  • coronary atherosclerosis
  • patient refusal of some medical interventions
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