54y · Male·acute myocardial infarction
…uly 2019 despite presenting with chest pain, dyspnea, and cold sweats on discharge day, with documented ventricular tachycardia episodes. The coroner found his first admission (5-8 July) was appropriately managed, but t…
26y · Female·Head and chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision
…vehicle on 26 December 2007. The driver, Khanh Truong, experienced a syncopal episode due to paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia while driving, causing loss of consciousness and the collision. Truong had a documented his…
73y · Female·head injuries suffered in a fall; skull fractures with bruising to the brain and…
…d-first and sustaining fatal skull fractures with subarachnoid haemorrhage. Pacemaker data showed brief ventricular tachycardia and asystole occurring as a consequence of the fall rather than preceding it. The coroner f…
63y · Female·Natural causes unascertained; probable aspiration pneumonia with large pericardi…
…he had been admitted to hospital on 6 November 2024 with aspiration pneumonia, atrial fibrillation, and ventricular tachycardia, then discharged with hospital-in-the-home follow-up. Her condition deteriorated and she tr…
62y · Male·fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to end-stage ischaemic cardiomyopathy
…plicated management. Death was from natural causes due to end-stage ischaemic cardiomyopathy with fatal ventricular arrhythmia.
46y · Female·combined effects of aspiration pneumonia due to gastroparesis following sleeve g…
…ured, and largely unmonitored without direct supervision. The patient experienced recurrent episodes of ventricular tachycardia and ultimately aspirated food into her lungs. While gastroparesis is a recognised but uncom…
61y · Male·congestive cardiac failure due to cardiomegaly with left ventricular hypertrophy
…h diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol presented to his GP with shortness of breath for 4-5 days and tachycardia (HR 120). The GP diagnosed anxiety instead of cardiac failure, failed to ask critical discriminating qu…
30y · Male·mixed butane, isobutane and propane toxicity
Justin Lee Gibson, a 30-year-old Indigenous man on home detention bail, died from inhalation of butane/propane causing fatal cardiac arrhythmia. He had a documented history of substance abuse (alcohol, cannabis, and buta…
26y · Male·Cardiomegaly in a man with Prader-Willi syndrome
Caine David Knight, aged 26, died from cardiomegaly with right ventricular hypertrophy in the context of Prader-Willi syndrome and severe obesity. He had a complex medical histor…
65y · Male·ischaemic heart disease following complications of colorectal surgery
A 65-year-old man with significant comorbidities (cardiomyopathy, diabetes, obesity) underwent colorectal surgery for adenocarcinoma. Post-operative course was complicated by anastomotic breakdown causing sepsis on day 1…
19y · Male·unexpected arrhythmogenic event leading to a fall from height, blunt force head …
PTE Liam Wolf, a 19-year-old Australian Army recruit, died after collapsing on an obstacle course at Kapooka during the final training exercise. He experienced a sudden unexpected cardiac arrhythmia while climbing a ladd…
27y · Female·Cardiac arrhythmia (first confirmed as ventricular fibrillation) of unascertaine…
A 27-year-old Aboriginal woman suffered sudden cardiac arrhythmia (ventricular fibrillation) immediately after recording video evidence of a suspected breach of her protective appreh…
86y · Male·Cardiovascular disease in a man with subdural haemorrhage (in keeping with a fal…
…rgical drainage. Despite initial recovery post-operatively, he developed respiratory distress and had a ventricular tachycardic arrest on 7 April 2008. The coroner found death resulted from natural causes—cardiovascular…
22y · Female·ventricular fibrillation resulting from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy when her imp…
22-year-old woman with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy died from ventricular fibrillation when her implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) failed to terminate the arrhythmia d…
13y · Female·Complex congenital heart disease (operated) and sepsis
…old child with complex congenital heart disease (22q11 deletion syndrome causing pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aorta-pulmonary collateral arteries), died from sepsis following cardiac surger…
48y · Female·multiple drug toxicity consisting of flecainide, lorazepam and diazepam
A 48-year-old woman died from multiple drug toxicity (flecainide, lorazepam, diazepam) following a deliberate overdose. She was located by police after a search and detained under the Mental Health Act. Critical delays o…
62y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure in a man with Ischaemic and Hypertensive Heart Diseas…
Greg Howarth, a 62-year-old man incarcerated at Port Phillip Prison, died from congestive cardiac failure precipitated by acute myocardial infarction in the setting of ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. He had met…
69y · Male·Head injury post-collapse secondary to ventricular tachycardia due to ischaemic …
Mr Peysack, a 69-year-old with complex cardiac disease on Warfarin, collapsed at work with witnessed loss of consciousness and occipital laceration. Despite meeting criteria for urgent head CT imaging (age >65, head inju…
75y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease and Cardiomegaly
Robert Conkie Gray, a 75-year-old man with significant cardiac disease (ischaemic heart disease, cardiomegaly, triple vessel coronary atherosclerosis with right coronary artery thrombosis), died suddenly on a psychiatric…
70y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 70-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 O…
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