36 results for “mitral valve disease”
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…
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 …
37y · Male·acute viral pneumonia secondary to swine flu (H1N1) infection of the lungs, exac…
…age 37, died of acute viral pneumonia secondary to H1N1 influenza, complicated by chronic rheumatic heart disease. He died in police/correctional custody following arrest at hospital discharge for a hip abscess. Key cli…
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…
62y · Male·chronic congestive cardiac failure due to severe aortic valve stenosis and incom…
…unt, aged 62, a life-sentenced prisoner, died from chronic congestive cardiac failure due to severe aortic valve stenosis and cardiomyopathy. His severe aortic stenosis was identified in 2003, but surgical intervention …
59y · Female·multiple cerebral infarction due to infective endocarditis
A 59-year-old woman with known mitral valve disease presented to the Emergency Department on 19 October 2000 with widespread body pain, severe b…
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 l…
65y · Male·Cardiomegaly
Grant White, a 65-year-old man with cardiomegaly and severe mitral regurgitation living in Department of Health and Human Services disability accommodation, died from cardio…
0y · Female·Pneumonia in an infant with surgically repaired congenital heart disease, premat…
A 9.5-month-old girl with complex medical history (prematurity at 29 weeks, congenital heart disease status post multiple repairs, necrotising enterocolitis with ileostomy, failure to thrive) died from acut…
30y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, amitriptyline, alprazolam, diazepam, oxazepam, n…
Benjamin Appelman, 30, died from mixed drug toxicity in a creek in December 2010. He had engaged in prescription shopping across multiple GPs and pharmacies to obtain benzodiazepines, obtaining 1050 alprazolam, 1540 diaz…
88y · Male·General frailty and inanition; antecedent conditions: chronic cardiac and renal …
David Grahame Jones, aged 88, died in custody at Kevin Waller Aged Care Unit, Long Bay Correctional Centre from general frailty and inanition due to chronic cardiac and renal failure and diabetes. The coroner found he re…
55y · Male·Septicaemia due to hydronephrosis and infection
…complex medical and social problems died of septicaemia from renal infection. He had a history of cardiac disease requiring anticoagulation, alcohol dependence, depression, and chronic hoarding behaviour. Despite repeat…
73y · Male·Complications of multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (car vs…
A 73-year-old man with extensive medical comorbidities including severe biventricular heart failure, COPD, sleep apnoea, and hypertension experienced a medical episode while driving, causing him to cross into oncoming tr…
76y · Male·Sepsis, with osteomyelitis and infective endocarditis
…76-year-old sentenced prisoner with complex medical history including atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, died from sepsis caused by osteomyelitis and infective endocarditis. Over 9 mo…
73y · Female·Bacterial endocarditis organism arising from a staphylococcal infection that ent…
Mary Roberts, aged 73, received a 5-year custodial sentence in September 2004. She had complex medical needs: dementia from previous strokes, diabetes requiring insulin monitoring, and Warfarin use. Justice Health provid…
83y · Female·Pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures sustained in the setting of mult…
Margaret Barton, 83, died of pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures from multiple falls. Critical clinical lessons: (1) The Oxazepam regimen directly contributed to her death. Dr C. tripled her dose from 15mg to…
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