16 results for “mitral valve replacement”
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 pulmonary hypertension secondary to severe mitral regurgitation…
75y · Male·Acute cardiac failure due to mitral valve disease (surgically treated)
Arthur Lawrence Smith, 75, underwent successful mitral valve repair and coronary artery bypass grafts at TPCH on 2 August 2004 and was discharged 5 days later. O…
78y · Male·Multiorgan failure consequent upon pulmonary lacerations and haemorrhage sustain…
A 78-year-old man died from multiorgan failure following complications during planned mitral and tricuspid valve surgery. During the initial surgery, a small superficial laceration to the right lower…
72y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man receiving warfarin treatment
A 72-year-old man with intellectual disability receiving 24-hour support from DHHS died from acute subdural haematoma while on warfarin therapy post-cardiac surgery. He collapsed at work with vomiting and vagueness, was …
37y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis resulting from coronary atherosclerosis with contribu…
Marshall Yantarrnga, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man with significant cardiac history (prior mitral valve replacement in 1996), presented with chest and right-sided pain, fever, and was assessed by ambulanc…
83y · Female·Gunshot wound to the head
… from a gunshot wound to the head on 3 November 2016. She had extensive cardiac history including multiple valve replacements, pacemaker insertion, and congestive heart failure diagnosed in 2016. Two hospital admissions…
55y · Male·right intracerebral haemorrhage and left middle cerebral artery cerebrovascular …
…al intervention was contraindicated due to ongoing anticoagulation effects needed for his artificial heart valves. A multidisciplinary team appropriately decided on palliative care given his poor prognosis (months expec…
51y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
…nt with long-standing bipolar affective disorder, complicated by childhood rheumatic fever causing cardiac valve damage requiring prosthetic replacement. She presented with an infected breast lesion but resisted physica…
50y · Male·Ischaemic and valvular heart disease (severe aortic stenosis) with other signifi…
…al following multiple myocardial infarctions. He had consistently refused invasive interventions including valve replacement surgery despite medical recommendations, electing comfort care only. He experienced a further …
62y · Male·chronic congestive cardiac failure due to severe aortic valve stenosis and incom…
…unt, aged 62, a life-sentenced prisoner, died from chronic congestive cardiac failure due to severe aortic valve stenosis and cardiomyopathy. His severe aortic stenosis was identified in 2003, but surgical intervention …
73y · Male·subdural haematoma from fall
Leonard Athol Long, a 73-year-old on warfarin for mechanical mitral valve replacement, fell twice during hospitalization for urinary tract infection. He was on SMZ-TMP antibi…
83y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to aortic stenosis (recent transcatheter aortic va…
…ion, and heart failure died from pulmonary embolism one day after discharge following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI). Clinical lessons centre on communication failures: an electrophysiologist's ambiguous …
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
This inquest examined three deaths of young Aboriginal women from Doomadgee (ages 18, 37, and 17) from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complications between September 2019 and September 2020. All three deaths were preventa…
71y · Male·End-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and atherosclerotic heart diseas…
Colin Albert Winter, a 71-year-old prisoner who died from end-stage COPD and atherosclerotic heart disease, received comprehensive medical care during 33 years of incarceration at Casuarina Prison. Key clinical lessons i…
<1y · Female·Pneumonia in an infant with surgically repaired congenital heart disease, premat…
A 9.5-month-old girl with complex medical history (prematurity at 29 weeks, congenital heart disease status post multiple repairs, necrotising enterocolitis with ileostomy, failure to thrive) died from acute pneumonia ca…
55y · Male·Septicaemia due to hydronephrosis and infection
A 55-year-old man with complex medical and social problems died of septicaemia from renal infection. He had a history of cardiac disease requiring anticoagulation, alcohol dependence, depression, and chronic hoarding beh…
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