60 results for “aortic valve disease”
76y · Male·congestive cardiac failure
… cardiac failure at Prince of Wales Hospital after a two-week admission. He had a long history of cardiac disease including previous valve replacement and atrial fibrillation. His health was appropriately assessed on en…
50y · Male·Ischaemic and valvular heart disease (severe aortic stenosis) with other signifi…
A 50-year-old man with severe ischaemic and valvular heart disease (aortic stenosis) died suddenly in hospital following multiple myocardial infarctions. He had consistentl…
80y · Female·Right haemothorax due to bleeding right pleural adhesion with contributing apixa…
…ly. The coroner found no concerns relating to her care. Her extreme fragility from multiple comorbidities (aortic valve replacement, pacemaker, immunoglobulin deficiency, Addison's disease, epilepsy) meant haemothorax co…
57y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to ruptured mycotic aneurysm due to infective endo…
Cary James Saunders, aged 57, a prisoner with pre-existing mitral valve prolapse and aortic regurgitation, died from intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to infective endocarditis…
58y · Male·Hypertensive and valvular heart disease
Kevin McCracken, 58, died of hypertensive and valvular heart disease following sudden cardiac collapse in a prison pre-release unit. He had complex pre-existing cardiac disea…
71y · Male·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease
…re (dyspnea, bilateral pitting edema) during home visits. Despite psychiatric assessment confirming severe aortic stenosis with poor prognosis without surgery, the patient refused treatment due to delusional beliefs abou…
57y · Female·Haemothorax following acute thoracic aortic dissection in a woman with congenita…
Sally Hopwood, 57, with Turner syndrome, coarctation of the aorta, and bicuspid aortic valve, presented to ED on 23 March 2012 with severe acute back and chest pain (8/10). A chest X-ray reveal…
64y · Male·hypertensive and valvular heart disease
A 64-year-old man died in custody from hypertensive and valvular heart disease. He had pre-existing cardiac disease diagnosed in 2008, including mild aortic stenosis and left ventricul…
77y · Female·combined effects of ischaemic heart disease and calcific aortic valve sclerosis
Margaret Wynne Newett, 77, had moderate aortic stenosis diagnosed in 2011 but was never monitored with follow-up echocardiography as guidelines recommend…
71y · Male·end-stage cardiac failure on a background of ischaemic heart disease with dilate…
Keith Freeman, aged 71, died in custody from end-stage cardiac failure with ischaemic heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy. He had complex cardiac history including previous CABG, aortic valve replacem…
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 ambulance offi…
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 …
81y · Male·valvular heart disease with cardiac amyloidosis
Murray Eric Clark, 81-year-old prisoner with extensive cardiac history including aortic stenosis, sick sinus syndrome with pacemaker, and recent TAVI procedure, collapsed and died in prison infi…
43y · Female·Acute thrombosis of a prosthetic mitral valve
A 43-year-old woman with prosthetic mitral and aortic valves due to rheumatic heart disease died from acute thrombosis of her prosthetic mitral valve following …
51y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
Pauline Margaret Dodd, 51, died of ischaemic heart disease at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 4 March 2014. She was an involuntary psychiatric patient with long-st…
60y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease (cardiac arrhythmia secondary to severe long-stand…
Paul Stephen Keating, a 60-year-old man with severe atherosclerotic heart disease, died from cardiac arrhythmia while incarcerated in Casuarina Prison, Western Australia. He had significa…
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
…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 preventable through …
60y · Male·Mixed drug (methylamphetamine, deschloro-n-ethyl-ketamine) toxicity in a man wit…
… toxicity (methylamphetamine and deschloro-n-ethyl-ketamine) in the setting of significant cardiovascular disease. He collapsed after self-injecting an unknown substance while driving in rural Victoria. The coroner foun…
83y · Male·Congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic and valvular heart disease, with her…
…k Valentine, an 83-year-old man, died from congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic and valvular heart disease, with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and anaemia as contributory conditions. He was serving…
81y · Female·Severe cardiogenic shock complicating cardiac surgery
An 81-year-old woman died of severe cardiogenic shock following elective aortic valve replacement complicated by intraoperative haemodynamic instability and inadequate postoperative ICU …
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