15 results for “pulmonary valve replacement”
87y · Male·Endobronchial and pulmonary haemorrhage secondary to pneumonia complicating chro…
…scopy for suspected lung lesion. The admitting respiratory team incorrectly documented a mechanical aortic valve replacement when he actually had a tissue valve; warfarin was for atrial fibrillation, not the valve. This…
83y · Female·decompensated right heart failure (cor pulmonale) immediately following mitral v…
…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 from …
49y · Female·Coronary artery atherosclerosis in the setting of pulmonary valve replacement fo…
… age 49, died at Royal Melbourne Hospital on 13 September 2025, three days after undergoing percutaneous pulmonary valve insertion for pulmonary regurgitation related to tetralogy of fallot. She was found unresponsive o…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
A 41-year-old man with a pre-existing aortic valve abnormality developed staphylococcal septicaemia, likely initiated by Q fever exposure at his abattoir wor…
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. On 19 A…
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…
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 lobe lung occurred,…
83y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to aortic stenosis (recent transcatheter aortic va…
An 83-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure died from pulmonary embolism one day after discharge following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI). Clinical lesso…
59y · Female·acute cardiogenic shock, with acute mechanical obstruction of a remote mechanica…
…cardiac catheterisation at Liverpool Hospital when a pressure wire became trapped in her mechanical aortic valve. She had consented to a right heart study to investigate suspected constrictive pericarditis, but not to t…
36y · Male·infective endocarditis
… failure, requiring emergency hospital transfer on 30 May where endocarditis was confirmed. Despite aortic valve replacement surgery and antibiotics, he died from uncontrollable sepsis and multiple organ failure. Key cl…
71y · Male·end-stage cardiac failure on a background of ischaemic heart disease with dilate…
…c heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy. He had complex cardiac history including previous CABG, aortic valve replacement, and implanted ICD. During imprisonment, he developed progressive dyspnoea over several months…
58y · Male·Hypertensive and valvular heart disease
…diac collapse in a prison pre-release unit. He had complex pre-existing cardiac disease including previous valve replacement and aortic surgery with severe left ventricular hypertrophy. The coroner found his medical man…
74y · Male·Pericarditis post aortic valve surgery with large pericardial effusion leading t…
…-year-old man, died from pericarditis with large pericardial effusion and tamponade four days after aortic valve replacement surgery. Post-operative imaging showed a small pericardial effusion, considered routine. He wa…
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…
0y · 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…
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