22 results for “acute left ventricular dysfunction”
59y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarc…
…oid schizophrenia, unstable type 2 diabetes, peripheral vascular disease and chronic renal failure died of acute myocardial infarction while residing in aged care. He had been admitted to hospital on 6 February 2013 wit…
51y · Female·community acquired pneumonia
…ember. A review panel concluded the pump failure did not contribute to death, as her underlying cardiac dysfunction and septic shock were the primary cause. The coroner found detention lawful, care appropriate, and no r…
70y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
…year-old sentenced prisoner with severe ischaemic heart disease and prior myocardial infarctions died from acute myocardial infarction with coronary artery atherosclerosis. He presented with severe chest pain on 5 Octob…
83y · Male·ischaemic myocardial fibrotic heart disease due to or as a consequence of severe…
Geoffrey Brian Homan, an 83-year-old man, died from ischaemic myocardial fibrotic heart disease due to severe calcified coronary atherosclerosis. He had suffered two myocardial infarctions in December 2019 and June 2020.…
29y · Male·air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to chest
…lmonary vessels under positive pressure ventilation. Air embolus occurred in the coronary arteries, causing left ventricular dysfunction. The coroner found this a rare (4-5% occurrence) and unforeseeable complication tha…
54y · Male·acute myocardial infarction
Gordon Arthur David Mitchell, 54 years old, died of acute myocardial infarction five days after successful stenting for an initial MI. He was discharged on 10 July …
63y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
… chronic kidney disease, and chronic paranoid schizophrenia, was admitted to hospital on 12 June 2018 with acute coronary syndrome and pulmonary oedema. Investigations revealed end-stage heart failure with extensive cor…
64y · Male·Heart failure secondary to alcohol related liver disease, coronary obstructive p…
… An Inpatient Treatment Order was appropriately placed and confirmed by psychiatry. On 22 September, after acute deterioration with severe cardiac dysfunction (EF 15-20%), senior clinicians determined CPR would be non-b…
35y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease with methylamphetamine effect in a man under physi…
…induced cardiac arrhythmia as the cause, superimposed on pre-existing coronary artery disease and known ventricular fibrillation risk. The deceased was non-compliant with cardiac medications and continued illicit drug u…
42y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to severe triple-vessel coronary artery atherosclero…
A 42-year-old man with known severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease died from acute ischaemic heart disease while working at height. He had refused recommended coronary artery bypass graft s…
0y · Female·Septic shock with multi-organ failure and probable meningitis, secondary to non-…
…lti-organ failure and probable meningitis. She presented to Royal Children's Hospital on 27 July 2016 with acute cardiac decompensation and was managed in ICU. A forensic paediatric assessment confirmed the cardiomyopat…
34y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during struggle and restraint in a man with methylamphe…
…ects and pre-existing coronary atherosclerosis. No clinician error was identified. The case highlights how acute sympathomimetic toxicity combined with underlying coronary disease creates sudden cardiac death risk durin…
54y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery atherosclerotic disease
…man with significant coronary artery disease and recent myocardial infarction (February 2023), suffered an acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest while in police custody at Goulburn police station on 5 March 202…
83y · Male·Congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic and valvular heart disease, with her…
…the need to balance anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation against bleeding risk, and fluid management in acute kidney injury and heart failure. The coroner found no evidence that care provided by Corrective Services N…
67y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage complicating coronary artery bypass graft surgery follo…
A 67-year-old man died from intracranial haemorrhage following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. He had suffered a right coronary artery dissection during percutaneous coronary intervention at Sunshine Hospital and w…
79y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy with decompensated heart failure not appropriately treate…
… with severe COPD and heart failure presented with two weeks of nausea and vomiting. She was diagnosed with left ventricular failure (EF 33%) on day 1 of admission. Two cardiologists had key roles: Dr K.'s initial assess…
77y · Male·Stroke; cardiogenic shock; severe aortic stenosis with three vessel coronary art…
Mr Neitsch, a 77-year-old with severe aortic stenosis, peripheral vascular disease, and reduced left ventricular function, underwent elective coronary angiography at Princess Alexandra Hospital on 21 May 2015…
75y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia in a man with comorbidities
A 75-year-old sentenced prisoner died from acute bronchopneumonia with comorbidities. Mr Rice had extensive medical complexity including COPD, cardiac dise…
72y · Male·acute cerebral infarction complicating acute myocardial infarction
Ronald Bromage, aged 72, died from acute cerebral infarction complicating acute myocardial infarction. He presented with chest pain on 22 and 25 Fe…
74y · Male·cardiac and renal failure complicating treatment of infected ischaemic toes resu…
…d for infected ischaemic toe secondary to diabetes mellitus. During his 17-day hospital stay, he developed acute renal failure leading to cardiac arrest and death. Critical failures included: failure to monitor creatini…
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