153 results for “heart arrhythmia”
91y · Male·complications of pneumonia
Richard Lewis, a 91-year-old man in custody, died of pneumonia complicated by underlying ischaemic heart disease and chronic lung disease. He was transferred from the Aged Care and Rehabilitation Unit at Long Ba…
33y · Male·Ventricular arrhythmia associated with cardiomegaly
…ds, a 33-year-old man with Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome and cardiomegaly, died suddenly from ventricular arrhythmia while in respite care. He became unresponsive approximately 30 minutes after being given yoghurt with hi…
63y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Dragan Jacovic, a 63-year-old life prisoner with extensive comorbidities including severe ischaemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and chronic paranoid schizophrenia, was admitted to hosp…
46y · Male·Complications of chronic alcoholism and hypertension
… in the shower on 2 November and could not be resuscitated. Autopsy revealed fatty liver disease, enlarged heart, and elevated ketoacid levels consistent with alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA)—a potentially fatal metabolic c…
32y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity in a man with ischaemic heart disease
A 32-year-old male died from methamphetamine toxicity complicated by ischaemic heart disease during police restraint. After a motor vehicle collision, he displayed erratic, aggressive behavio…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia in the setting of struggle, neck compression and amphetamine …
Adam Slomczewski, a 44-year-old man with a history of illicit drug use, died from cardiac arrhythmia triggered by struggle, neck compression, and amphetamine use. He entered a woman's home without permissi…
35y · Male·Methylamphetamine toxicity; chronic hepatitis as contributing factor
…etrieved, and methylamphetamine leaked into his stomach over 18 hours, causing stimulant-induced cardiac arrhythmia and acute heart failure. Post-mortem blood levels were very high at 6.2mg/L. Chronic hepatitis B was a c…
37y · Male·unascertained; likely sudden cardiac arrhythmia or snake bite
…m either a sudden cardiac event (supported by autopsy findings of cardiomegaly and family history of early heart disease) or snake bite, but cause remained unascertained. Medical evidence from forensic pathology indicat…
65y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease (coronary artery atherosclerosis); probable cardiac arrh…
…rtery atherosclerosis with triple vessel disease and fibrosis in the atrioventricular node, with cardiac arrhythmia identified as the probable cause. The coroner noted critical gaps in medical documentation—baseline cond…
76y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to cardiomegaly, myocardial fibrosis and ischaemic coronary a…
…schaemic coronary artery disease, died of cardiac arrest in custody. The autopsy showed chronic structural heart disease sufficient to cause spontaneous lethal arrhythmia. He had comorbidities of diabetes and renal impa…
49y · Male·unascertainable; possible explanations include epileptic seizure, cardiac arrhyt…
…died on 12 July 2005 of unascertainable cause. Possible explanations included epileptic seizure, cardiac arrhythmia, or paralytic ileus, with contributing factors potentially including recent clozapine initiation (June 2…
56y · Female·Cardiomegaly
… intellectual disability, schizophrenia, anxiety, hypertension, and COPD, died from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart with biventricular hypertrophy). She was found unresponsive on the toilet at her group home and could not …
60y · Male·Hypertensive heart disease with chronic fatty liver as other significant conditi…
David Duggan, a 60-year-old man with hypertensive heart disease and cardiomegaly, was admitted to Caloundra Hospital on 10 January 2007 for management of severe a…
49y · Female·Fatal Cardiac Arrhythmia
Melissa Stokes, 49, died from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia one day after successful abdominal hysterectomy and sling surgery. The coroner found the cause was not o…
0y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia associated with surgically corrected congenital heart disease
Edward Thomas Collins was a 3-month-old neonate with surgically corrected congenital heart disease (Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage) who died on 14 January 2007 from cardiac arrhythmia. O…
66y · Female·Cardiac failure due to atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease
A 66-year-old woman died from cardiac failure due to atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease. She presented to a rural GP with ankle oedema, cough, and palpitations during interstate travel. …
25y · Male·Cardiomegaly
… September 2016 and could not be resuscitated. Cardiomegaly is associated with increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias. The post-mortem revealed no evidence of hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, or valvular disease. Th…
51y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage following head and chest injuries sustained in a …
…il 2016. He suddenly veered off the Midlands Highway near Bagdad, Tasmania, after experiencing a cardiac arrhythmia secondary to left ventricular hypertrophy or possible hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The coroner found he …
63y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia complicating recent posterior myocardial infarct with underly…
Craig Nicholas Canham, aged 63, died in custody at Yatala Labour Prison from cardiac arrhythmia complicating a recent posterior myocardial infarction with underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He ha…
24y · Male·heart failure resulting from severe coronary artery disease with prior myocardia…
A 24-year-old Aboriginal man from a remote community collapsed and died from heart failure while heavily intoxicated on city streets. He had severe coronary artery disease with prior myocar…
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