617 results for “ischaemic heart disease”
Unknown·Panella: pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis; Skeffi…
…rom aspiration pneumonia after waiting 1 hour 43 minutes before admission; Graham Jessett (64) died from ischaemic heart disease complicated by undetected hyperkalaemia. Panella's death was not preventable given her rap…
73y · Female·Metastatic oesophageal cancer
…tigations, prompt diagnosis, and compassionate end-of-life management in a woman with advanced metastatic disease.
84y · Male·Complications of hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
An 84-year-old prisoner with multiple chronic conditions (hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hepatitis B, previous bowel cancer, heart failure) suffered a fatal cardiac arrest whilst atte…
76y · Male·Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis in the setting of acute bronchopneumonia and ren…
Terence Michael Brooks, a 76-year-old man with dementia, vascular disease, and depression, died of streptococcal pneumoniae sepsis with acute bronchopneumonia and renal failure fr…
60y · Male·Ischaemic gut secondary to superior mesenteric artery dissection complicating in…
A 60-year-old man with severe coronary artery disease presented with acute myocardial infarction, requiring emergency stenting and subsequent bypass surgery. A…
56y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
Leigh Ronald Roberts, 56-year-old male, died from coronary atherosclerosis with severe stenosis affecting all three main coronary arteries. He presented to his GP on 17 and 21 February 2020 with respiratory symptoms (cou…
77y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating retropharyngeal plasmacytoma, cervical myelopa…
…oughout, with no evidence that any action could have altered the outcome. The death resulted from natural disease progression in an elderly, frail man with multiple comorbidities.
63y · Male·Complications of disseminated tumour (primary site unknown)
Terence Joseph Roadley, aged 63, died from complications of disseminated carcinoma with unknown primary site in a palliative care setting. He had intellectual disability and was under state care via a Supervised Treatmen…
Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease (all four); specific …
Four rural South Australian men (aged 42-76 years) died from acute coronary syndrome in 2004-2006. All presented to country medical practitioners with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome but were not identifie…
73y · Male·Acute on chronic renal failure and multi-factorial encephalopathy in a man with …
A 73-year-old man with significant comorbidities (cirrhosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, chronic kidney disease) died in prison from acute-on-chronic renal failure, hepatic encephalopathy, and multiorgan failure. He w…
62y · Female·Multi-organ failure due to lacerated abdominal aorta complicating laparoscopic b…
A 62-year-old woman died from multi-organ failure caused by a lacerated abdominal aorta sustained during elective laparoscopic gastric band surgery in 2006. The aorta was cut by a Visiport trocar blade at the start of th…
80y · Male·metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
Cemil Guler, an 80-year-old man, died from metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma at Braeside Hospital. He was a forensic patient under Mental Health Act detention after being found not guilty by reason of mental illness of…
44y · Female·Ischemic heart disease due to complete blockage of left anterior descending coro…
A 44-year-old woman presented with acute chest pain and troponin elevation. Coronary angiography revealed only a 30% non-obstructive lesion in the left anterior descending artery. She was discharged on aspirin alone with…
83y · Male·pulmonary fat embolism complicating interstitial lung disease
An 83-year-old experienced motorcyclist died from pulmonary fat embolism complicating interstitial lung disease following a compound fracture of the right tibia sustained in a motorcycle crash. Mr Salter lost concentr…
55y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with a healing myocardial infarction
…s on recognising that patients with multiple cardiac risk factors (smoking, hypertension, coronary artery disease) presenting with respiratory symptoms require careful assessment for pneumonia and cardiac complications.
45y · Male·Coronary artery disease due to severe atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarcti…
…yssen, a 45-year-old man in custody on approved leave, died suddenly while gardening from coronary artery disease due to severe atherosclerosis. He had a documented history of cardiac symptoms (chest pain presentations …
64y · Female·acute bronchopneumonia complicating Alzheimer's dementia with head injury
A 64-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer's dementia died from acute bronchopneumonia following a head injury sustained in an unwitnessed fall. She was under a guardianship order with special powers at the time. Follow…
51y · Male·Sepsis due to or as a consequence of right lower limb necrotising fasciitis due …
A 51-year-old man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma died from sepsis following necrotising fasciitis of the lower limb, which developed after a pseudo-aneurysm complication from coronary angiography. Key clinical less…
Multiple causes: Shane Navin - drowning; Leigh Mundy and Dennis Neagle - multipl…
A comprehensive coronial inquest into four deaths at Targa Tasmania motorsport events (2021-2022). Shane Navin drowned after his vehicle crashed into a creek; Leigh Mundy and Dennis Neagle died in a high-speed crash due …
69y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to sepsis (Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia), com…
…rrectly identified, but the patient deteriorated and developed a large intracerebral haemorrhage, likely ischaemic stroke from sepsis-induced thrombosis that converted to haemorrhage, worsened by the anticoagulation. Ke…
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