44 results for “aortic valve replacement”
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…
36y · Male·infective endocarditis
…cardiac 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. …
71y · Male·end-stage cardiac failure on a background of ischaemic heart disease with dilate…
…schaemic 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 …
19y · Male·Rheumatic heart disease (severe aortic valve regurgitation)
…eeda, 19-year-old Aboriginal male with rheumatic heart disease from childhood, died in custody from severe aortic valve regurgitation. He had required aortic valve replacement surgery since 2014. In December 2017, while …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
51y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
…nt with long-standing bipolar affective disorder, complicated by childhood rheumatic fever causing cardiac valve damage requiring prosthetic replacement. She presented with an infected breast lesion but resisted physica…
75y · Male·acute right subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall
George Triantafilopoulos, a 75-year-old man on warfarin after aortic valve replacement, suffered two head strikes within 24 hours—first falling onto concrete at a supermarket …
73y · Male·Haemorrhagic stroke in the setting of recent inguinal hernia surgery and change …
Paul Turner, 73-year-old with atrial fibrillation and aortic valve replacement, underwent elective bilateral inguinal hernia repair in August 2018. His cardiologist ad…
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
This inquest 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 preventa…
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…
72y · Male·acute leukaemia on a background of ischaemic heart disease
Dennis William Gill, a 72-year-old man serving a suspended home detention sentence, died of acute leukaemia on a background of ischaemic heart disease after admission to Ashford Hospital in August 2009. He had significan…
37y · Male·valvular and ischaemic heart disease
…traoperative cardiac arrest during planned cardiothoracic surgery at Fiona Stanley Hospital. He had severe aortic regurgitation, left ventricular failure, and coronary artery stenosis diagnosed only three weeks before de…
55y · Male·right intracerebral haemorrhage and left middle cerebral artery cerebrovascular …
…al intervention was contraindicated due to ongoing anticoagulation effects needed for his artificial heart valves. A multidisciplinary team appropriately decided on palliative care given his poor prognosis (months expec…
41y · Male·haemothorax due to ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm in a man with Marfan syndro…
A 41-year-old man with Marfan syndrome and a thoracic aortic aneurysm managed conservatively with blood pressure medications died from aneurysm rupture while imprisone…
12y · Male·Cardiac haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of congenital aortic stenosis (su…
Joshua Statis, a 12-year-old with complex congenital aortic stenosis, died 18 days after a redo Konno procedure and aortic valve replacement when a CardioCel patch to…
68y · Female·Complications of a right subdural haemorrhage (palliated), sustained in a fall
Vanna Vassallo, a 68-year-old with schizophrenia, chronic comorbidities and documented high fall risk, died from complications of a subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall at an aged mental health inpatient unit. She ha…
75y · Male·multifactorial causes on a background of ischaemic heart disease, generalised va…
…ry artery disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes, died five days after elective right total knee replacement surgery. The coroner found that surgery should have been delayed due to markedly elevated creatinine (3…
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