152 results for “chronic atrial fibrillation”
64y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy, secondary to cardiac arrest, secondary to myocardial inf…
A 64-year-old man with paranoid psychosis, poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac failure, and chronic obstructive airways disease died from hypoxic enceph…
67y · Male·Congestive cardiac failure
Martin Leach, a 67-year-old man serving a life sentence, died from congestive cardiac failure with atrial fibrillation and dilated cardiomyopathy. He had consistently refused life-prolonging medical treatments an…
62y · Male·Multi-organ infarctions (brain, kidneys, heart) resulting from thromboemboli sec…
…gan infarction secondary to an atrio-oesophageal fistula that developed after radio-frequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. The fistula is a rare but recognised complication of ablation, with no clear preventive stra…
65y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure secondary to Ischaemic Heart Disease due to Non-Small…
…ohn Steel, a 65-year-old Aboriginal man with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and multiple comorbidities, died in Alice Springs Hospital from congestive cardiac failure. …
95y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man who has sustained extensive head injury
A 95-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, chronic airways disease, aspiration pneumonia history, and dementia was struck unprovoked by…
84y · Male·Metastatic oesophageal carcinoma
An 84-year-old man died in prison from metastatic oesophageal carcinoma while receiving palliative care. He was found unresponsive in his hospital bed and pronounced deceased. The death was expected and attributed to nat…
90y · Male·Pneumonia complicating injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident
…g injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision. He had multiple reportable medical conditions including atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, and a history of unexplained blackout episo…
89y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of psy…
Hilda Berg, 89-year-old woman with depression, psychosis, atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, deteriorated in hospital with refusal to eat or …
91y · Male·pneumonia on a background of chronic congestive cardiac failure and chronic obst…
A 91-year-old man with chronic cardiac failure, COPD and atrial fibrillation presented with confusion, agitation and dyspnoea. Admitted …
85y · Male·pneumonia
An 85-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, COPD, atrial fibrillation, dementia) died from pneumonia while in custody at Port Phillip Prison. He developed a lower …
76y · Male·combined effects of acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis
Pasquale Esposito, age 76, died in custody at Lyell McEwin Hospital from combined acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis. He had extensive cardiac history including prior MI, CABG, COPD, and recent stent placement. On…
73y · Female·atherosclerotic and hypertensive coronary vascular disease
Ms Wallace, a 73-year-old woman with hypertension and other comorbidities, developed atrial fibrillation during orthopaedic surgery for a fibula fracture. She was discharged on flecainide 50mg daily…
64y · Male·Large pulmonary embolus (origin undetermined)
…monary embolus at Leeton District Hospital following a complex admission involving psychiatric depression, atrial fibrillation, urinary retention, and multiple comorbidities. The coroner identified significant system fai…
86y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease on a background of valvular heart disease, prostatic enl…
An 86-year-old prisoner with multiple chronic illnesses (COPD, atrial fibrillation, emphysema) died of ischaemic heart disease in a palliative care uni…
83y · Female·upper gastrointestinal bleed with haemodynamic compromise following anticoagulat…
…nney, 83, died from upper gastrointestinal bleeding complicated by cardiac arrest while anticoagulated for atrial fibrillation. She had been diagnosed with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) in 2015 and prescribed …
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure following surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneur…
…d acute renal failure requiring permanent dialysis. Post-operatively, he developed acute pulmonary oedema, atrial fibrillation, and cardiac ischaemia. The patient voluntarily declined dialysis on 12 October 2015 and tran…
87y · Male·Endobronchial and pulmonary haemorrhage secondary to pneumonia complicating chro…
An 87-year-old man with atrial fibrillation on warfarin underwent elective bronchoscopy for suspected lung lesion. The admitting respirat…
67y · Male·Complications of non small cell lung carcinoma in a man with ischaemic cardiomyo…
A 67-year-old man with schizophrenia subject to a Non-Custodial Supervision Order died from complications of non-small cell lung carcinoma with multiple comorbidities including ischaemic cardiomyopathy and COPD. He was a…
86y · Male·Cardiovascular disease in a man with subdural haemorrhage (in keeping with a fal…
…l Holmes, an 85-year-old man with significant cardiovascular history (prior myocardial infarction, stroke, atrial fibrillation) on anticoagulation, collapsed in his prison cell on 4 April 2008. He sustained a subdural ha…
71y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating dysphagia and status epilepticus
Ann Williams, a 71-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability and chronic dysphagia, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by status epilepticus while residing in specialist di…
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