359 results for “coronary_artery_disease”
68y · Female·Massive blood loss due to disconnection of haemodialysis machine
Judith Heath, age 68, died from acute blood loss on 7 September 2006 at The Alfred Hospital during routine haemodialysis for end-stage renal failure. The Luer-Lok connection between her arteriovenous catheter and the hae…
64y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
A 64-year-old woman with intellectual disability in supported residential care died from ischaemic heart disease. She presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea on 8 June 2010, was examined by a general practi…
79y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
Philip William Banner, aged 79, died of ischaemic heart disease while an inmate at Port Phillip Prison. He experienced chest pain at 2:11am, a Code Black was immediately called, and MICA paramedics arrived within 26 minu…
83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…
Nola Inez Daniel, 83, died from complications following a hip fracture and subsequent surgery at Bunbury Regional Hospital on 7 January 2010. She sustained a fractured left neck of femur during a fall at Regis Forrest Ga…
39y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia following violent exertion necessitating physical restraint i…
39-year-old Chad Riley died from cardiac arrhythmia following violent exertion during physical restraint. He presented to hospital intoxicated with methylamphetamine, exhibiting drug-induced psychosis with agitation and …
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·acute heart failure caused by multiple drug toxicity (methadone and alprazolam)
Richard Mark Kiel, a 37-year-old with chronic opioid addiction, died from acute heart failure caused by lethally high levels of methadone and alprazolam, likely consumed on 9 September 2005. His GP, Dr G., prescribed the…
59y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage
A 59-year-old man imprisoned at Hopkins Correctional Centre collapsed on 16 July 2019 with a left thalamic intracerebral haemorrhage with intraventricular rupture. He was transferred to Royal Melbourne Hospital where an …
48y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage
James Cummins, a 48-year-old prisoner, died of subarachnoid haemorrhage from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm while in the exercise yard at Townsville Correctional Centre. He had chronic spinal stenosis managed with pregabal…
Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Bernard Gore, a man with Alzheimer's dementia, entered a fire stairwell at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center in Sydney on 6 January 2017 and became trapped. He likely died within 24-48 hours from cardiac complicat…
66y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery atherosclerosis
Gregory Walter Heenan, a 66-year-old man with intellectual disability living in Specialist Disability Accommodation, was admitted to hospital on 12 April 2025 with vomiting and was diagnosed with ST-elevated myocardial i…
73y · Female·Combined effects of congestive cardiac failure, coronary artery atherosclerosis …
VA, a 73-year-old woman with mental health conditions and cardiac disease, died from congestive cardiac failure, coronary atherosclerosis, and cardiomegaly while an inpatient in a psychiatric unit. She had recently been …
67y · Male·coronary artery atheroma against a background of diabetes mellitus
A 67-year-old diabetic and smoker visiting from Japan died while snorkelling at Green Island. He engaged in two snorkelling sessions without reported difficulty, but was found unresponsive in the water during or after a …
80y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with multiple medical comorbidities
William Thomas Kerby, an 80-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and bipolar disorder living in specialist disability accommodation, died from community-acquired pneumonia with pleural effusion and multi-…
36y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and myocardial ischaemia following cardiac arrest during re…
A 36-year-old man with methylamphetamine intoxication was restrained by civilians and police following a property damage incident. He experienced cardiac arrest during restraint and died from hypoxic brain injury and myo…
Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease (all four); specific …
Four rural South Australian men (aged 42-76 years) died from acute coronary syndrome in 2004-2006. All presented to country medical practitioners with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome but were not identifie…
24y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis secondary to coronary atherosclerosis
A 24-year-old Aboriginal man collapsed during football in extreme heat and presented to a rural clinic with dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath and sweating. The nurse diagnosed dehydration and administered IV flu…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia during physical restraint
Taare Rangi, a 44-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from cardiac arrhythmia during physical restraint in a mental health unit. Critical failures occurred at multiple levels: (1) the decision to acutely s…
38y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Ricky James Bais, a 38-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia and undiagnosed 75% left anterior descending coronary artery narrowing, died during police restraint. He had absconded from mental health detention at Noarl…
70y · Male·Undetermined, but sudden cardiac death cannot be excluded
John Michael Williams, a 70-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery, was found deceased at his home after approximately 6 weeks. The cause of death …
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