Inquest into the Death of Ilija Kocovski
Deceased
Ilija Kocovski
Demographics
72y, male
Date of death
2000-10-24
Finding date
2005-06
Cause of death
Subarachnoid haemorrhage in a man with coronary arteriosclerosis
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Ilija Kocovski, a 72-year-old man with a history of ischaemic heart disease, presented to Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department on 22 October 2000 with chest pain, nausea, vomiting, and headache after arriving in Perth. He was initially diagnosed with unstable angina and managed appropriately with GTN, heparin, morphine, and aspirin. Multiple doctors reviewed him and found his presentation consistent with cardiac disease; his troponin was negative and ECG showed no acute transmural changes. Around midnight on 22–23 October 2000, he suffered a sudden, catastrophic subarachnoid haemorrhage with no prior specific warning signs, deteriorating from Glasgow Coma Scale 15/15 to 3/15. Neurosurgical review confirmed the haemorrhage was unsurvivable and no surgical intervention was possible. The coroner concluded the initial cardiac diagnosis was correct, the patient was appropriately managed, and the subsequent haemorrhage occurred spontaneously, possibly exacerbated by anticoagulation. The death was natural causes.
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Clinical conditions
Contributing factors
- Pre-existing hypertension
- Coronary arteriosclerosis
- Anticoagulation with heparin for suspected unstable angina
- Possible spontaneous rupture of cerebral aneurysm or hypertensive bleed
- Elevated intracranial pressure from haemorrhage
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