Coroner's Finding: CANHAM Craig Nicholas
Deceased
Craig Nicholas Canham
Demographics
63y, male
Date of death
2016-10-08
Finding date
2020-05-08
Cause of death
cardiac arrhythmia complicating recent posterior myocardial infarct with underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Craig Nicholas Canham, aged 63, died in custody at Yatala Labour Prison from cardiac arrhythmia complicating a recent posterior myocardial infarction with underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He had suffered a myocardial infarction on 30 September 2016, was treated at Port Augusta Hospital with thrombolysis, then transferred to Lyell McEwin Hospital where coronary angiography revealed right coronary artery thrombosis treated with stenting. He was discharged on 5 October 2016 and died suddenly 3 days later. The coroner found his death could not have been prevented and was not contributed to by his custodial circumstances, despite prior concerns about inadequate medical facilities at Mount Gambier Prison where he had been housed.
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Clinical conditions
Contributing factors
- recent myocardial infarction
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- severe coronary atherosclerosis
- rheumatic mitral valve disease
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