26 results for “myocardial scarring”
71y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
… in left circumflex, 75% in left anterior descending coronary artery) and an enlarged heart with chronic myocardial scarring. The coroner found that Justice Health provided proper and adequate healthcare during his incar…
60y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
A 60-year-old man with schizophrenia, ischaemic heart disease, previous myocardial infarction and stenting died of acute ischaemic heart disease while an inpatient in a mental health faci…
16y · Female·Myocardial fibrosis (post myocarditic) resulting in fatal cardiac arrhythmia
… in a toilet. She had a history of glandular fever diagnosed late 2009. Post-mortem examination revealed myocardial fibrosis with widespread scarring throughout both ventricles, likely secondary to previous myocarditis c…
69y · Male·Ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease
…t disease. Autopsy revealed critical coronary artery stenosis (>75%) with cardiac hypertrophy and remote myocardial scarring, consistent with sudden cardiac death from arrhythmia. The deceased had multiple cardiac risk f…
43y · Male·The combined effects of subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity
…ketts, a 43-year-old man with complex psychiatric and substance use history, died from combined subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity. He had been admitted to hospital in November 2021 with elevated troponin …
66y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
…d respiratory distress and arrested. Autopsy revealed 95% left anterior descending artery occlusion with myocardial scarring, obesity (BMI 46), chronic hypertension changes, and pulmonary oedema. The initial presentation…
67y · Male·coronary artery atheroma against a background of diabetes mellitus
… without success. Autopsy revealed significant coronary artery atherosclerosis with evidence of previous myocardial infarction and an enlarged heart. The coroner concluded death was due to acute coronary event rather tha…
67y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
Donald Hay, a 67-year-old prisoner with a lengthy history of heart disease, suffered an acute myocardial infarction while in custody at Wolston Correctional Centre on 15 November 2011. He was rapidly transferr…
69y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 69-year-old male prisoner at Wolston Correctional Centre suffered acute myocardial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. He collapsed while standing outside his cell and was …
79y · Male·Iatrogenic right ventricular injury complicating drainage of pericardial collect…
A 79-year-old man died from iatrogenic right ventricular injury sustained during attempted drainage of a post-operative pericardial effusion following coronary artery bypass grafting. During a minimally invasive sub-xiph…
58y · Male·Ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease
…e in custody at Adelaide Pre-release Centre. He had a significant cardiac history including two previous myocardial infarctions with stent placement in 1994, and critical coronary artery narrowing on autopsy. While impri…
63y · Male·coronary artery thrombosis
A 63-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history died of coronary artery thrombosis while on authorized leave from psychiatric admission. He had severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease with acute throm…
67y · Female·right coronary artery dissection following angiography stenting and attempted ro…
…ng rotational atherectomy for treatment of occluded coronary artery. She had presented with ST elevation myocardial infarction and underwent initial successful angiography with stenting. During subsequent rotational athe…
49y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia in a man with methylamphetamine effect and cardiomegaly
Warren John Bullock, aged 49, died from cardiac arrhythmia in the context of methylamphetamine effect and cardiomegaly on 1 July 2022 in Western Australia. He was being pursued by police following serious criminal allega…
67y · Female·Right coronary artery dissection following angiography stenting and attempted ro…
… during rotational atherectomy on 24 January 2017 at Launceston General Hospital. She had suffered acute myocardial infarction on 14 January with 95% occlusion of her right coronary artery. Initial angiography revealed a…
37y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis resulting from coronary atherosclerosis with contribu…
…n, fever, and was assessed by ambulance officers on 29 February 2004. Despite observable midline thoracic scarring—strongly suggestive of previous cardiac surgery—and unexplained pain, the ambulance officers decided not …
54y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery atherosclerotic disease
Brett Furner, a 54-year-old man with significant coronary artery disease and recent myocardial infarction (February 2023), suffered an acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest while in police c…
17y · Female·Arrhythmia due to myocardial scarring secondary to past myocarditis, possibly fr…
Holly Brown, 17, died of fatal cardiac arrhythmia from undiagnosed heart scarring likely due to childhood rheumatic fever. She collapsed at a regional mass gathering event (2000+ attendee…
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure following surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneur…
Robert Paul Rodda, a 62-year-old long-term prisoner with extensive medical comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, COPD, and a known abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), presented with chest pain in September 2015. …
57y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
David Samuel Morris, aged 57, died from coronary atherosclerosis while in custody at Woodford Correctional Centre on 19 November 2011. He had a significant cardiac history including dilated cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrill…
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