49 results for “acute right heart failure”
35y · Female·Acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following intravenous injection of cru…
A 35-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis C and long-standing intravenous drug use died from acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following injection of crushed Xanax tablets. She presented to hospita…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
Kaylene Mundy, aged 40, died from acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam…
83y · Female·decompensated right heart failure (cor pulmonale) immediately following mitral v…
An 83-year-old woman died from decompensated right heart failure (cor pulmonale) immediately following mitral valve replacement surgery. She had chronic pulm…
70y · Male·organising diffuse alveolar damage in the setting of hypertensive heart disease,…
…died in prison custody from organising diffuse alveolar damage in the setting of pre-existing hypertensive heart disease, right ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery atherosclerosis, and COPD. He presented on 18 Apri…
63y · Female·Haemopericardium (pericardial tamponade) caused by perforation of the right vent…
Jane Oosterloo, 63, died from haemopericardium (pericardial tamponade) caused by right ventricular perforation during ultrasound-guided transthoracic pericardiocentesis. She presented with infl…
61y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in the setting of aspiration pneumonia in a man with Pra…
…De Julia, a 61-year-old man with Prader-Willi syndrome, complex medical history including severe ischaemic heart disease, and multiple comorbidities, died of ischaemic heart disease complicated by aspiration pneumonia. …
51y · Female·Multiorgan failure in the setting of WHO Class III obesity, chronic excessive al…
…51-year-old woman with WHO Class III obesity, chronic alcohol consumption, and anaemia died of multiorgan failure following admission with community-acquired pneumonia and respiratory failure. She presented with abdomin…
43y · Male·acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) complicating foreign body (microcrysta…
A 43-year-old male died from acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by pulmonary granulomas resulting from intravenous injection of…
85y · Male·Advanced atherosclerotic coronary artery and peripheral vascular disease complic…
An 85-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, COPD, and diabetes underwent endovascular repair of a recurrent abdominal aortic aneurysm with en…
87y · Female·Haemorrhage secondary to an ulcerated varicose vein
An 87-year-old woman died from haemorrhage secondary to an ulcerated varicose vein on her right leg. She had known venous insufficiency documented by duplex scan in November 2020, but no specific manage…
52y · Male·multiple organ failure and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating generalised seps…
… longstanding refusal of medical care presented with severe cellulitis, sepsis, and previously undiagnosed heart failure secondary to sleep apnoea. He lacked capacity to consent to treatment due to a psychotic illness a…
16y · Male·pulmonary embolism secondary to nephrotic syndrome
…h dyspnoea, hypoxia, tachycardia and hypotension during a disease relapse. Doctors appropriately diagnosed acute pulmonary oedema—a common complication of nephrotic syndrome—and transferred him to Fiona Stanley Hospital…
78y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating neck of femur fracture (operated) on a backgrou…
A 78-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (heart failure, renal disease, COPD) suffered a neck of femur fracture from an unwitnessed fall at an aged care f…
59y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarc…
A 59-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, paranoid schizophrenia, unstable type 2 diabetes, peripheral vascular disease and chronic renal f…
67y · Female·choking and ischaemic heart disease
Patricia Ann Fidge, 67, died at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital from choking and ischaemic heart disease. She was admitted with delirium, hypernatremia, and multiple comorbidities including COPD and slee…
24y · Male·heart failure resulting from severe coronary artery disease with prior myocardia…
A 24-year-old Aboriginal man from a remote community collapsed and died from heart failure while heavily intoxicated on city streets. He had severe coronary artery disease with prior myocar…
68y · Male·Complications following myocardial infarction and its treatment in a man with mu…
Salvatore Otranto, a 68-year-old prisoner with multiple severe comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, COPD, and chronic kidney disease, died from complications of myocardial infarction and …
67y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage complicating coronary artery bypass graft surgery follo…
…d 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 was transfer…
75y · Male·multifactorial causes on a background of ischaemic heart disease, generalised va…
…ies including coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes, died five days after elective right total knee replacement surgery. The coroner found that surgery should have been delayed due to markedly el…
83y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary atherosclerosis
Neil Bethune, 83, died from ischaemic heart disease with coronary atherosclerosis while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Normanby House. He was a…
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