153 results for “heart arrhythmia”
34y · Male·Mixed methadone and thioridazine toxicity
…pted expert evidence that both drugs contributed to death, with thioridazine potentially causing cardiac arrhythmia and methadone causing respiratory depression during sleep. Medical management was not criticised—methado…
35y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease with methylamphetamine effect in a man under physi…
A 35-year-old male with severe pre-existing ischaemic heart disease and recent cardiac arrest (April 2016) presented with increasingly erratic and paranoid behaviour …
47y · Female·Cardiac arrhythmia due to severe coronary artery atherosclerosis
…ut troponin testing or admission, despite chest pain being the presenting complaint. She died of cardiac arrhythmia secondary to coronary atherosclerosis that night. The coroner found the doctor failed to follow National…
38y · Male·Combined effects of coronary atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly, with methylamphet…
Anzac Sullivan, a 38-year-old Aboriginal man, died of a cardiac arrhythmia secondary to severe underlying cardiac disease (coronary atherosclerosis, cardiomegaly, and possible QT …
40y · Male·Cardiomyopathy in the setting of immersion and amphetamine use
…e while operating a boat on Port Phillip Bay. He had consumed amphetamine, which can precipitate cardiac arrhythmias in the setting of myocyte hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis. Critical clinical lessons include: sti…
63y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and aortic stenosis
…ar-old man with intellectual disability living in supported residential care, died suddenly from ischaemic heart disease and aortic stenosis while visiting his sister. He had known aortic stenosis managed by a cardiolog…
68y · Male·Abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) precipitated by coronary atherosclerosis and …
John Martin Heywood, a 68-year-old prisoner, died of natural causes (arrhythmia precipitated by coronary atherosclerosis and phaeochromocytoma) while in custody at the Princess Alexand…
56y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease and Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis
…buting symptoms to abdominal pathology. The patient died suddenly the following day from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia due to severe triple-vessel coronary artery atherosclerosis. While the coroner found the GP's care met r…
47y · Male·abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) induced by atherosclerosis, occurring in the …
…e disorder, died in a mental health facility while in involuntary detention. He suffered a fatal cardiac arrhythmia on a background of severe coronary atherosclerosis, sleep apnoea, and morbid obesity, while receiving mu…
57y · Female·Combined features of moderately stenosed right coronary ostium, aortic valve reg…
…r-old woman with severe intellectual disability living in a group home, died suddenly from acute cardiac arrhythmia secondary to multiple heart abnormalities including aortic valve disease, mitral valve disease, coronary…
49y · Male·Unascertained - cardiac arrhythmia with terminal aspiration in an overweight man…
Phillip Veltman, 49, died of unascertained cause (likely cardiac arrhythmia with terminal aspiration) while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Bentley Mental Health Services. He…
70y · Male·head injury
A 70-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease and cardiomyopathy collapsed at work after experiencing dizziness, striking his head on a brick wa…
50y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Paul Reid, a 50-year-old Aboriginal man with severe ischaemic heart disease and poor medication compliance, died of a cardiac arrhythmia during his arrest by South Australian…
66y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
A 66-year-old woman with moderate intellectual disability living in a group home died from ischaemic heart disease due to severe coronary artery occlusion. On the morning of death, she presented with confusion, di…
76y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (car vs. truck, driver) …
A 76-year-old man with a history of ischaemic heart disease and pacemaker died in a motor vehicle collision when his car failed to give way at an intersection…
34y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during struggle and restraint in a man with methylamphe…
…coroner found restraint did not cause asphyxiation and force was reasonable. Death resulted from cardiac arrhythmia triggered by extreme physical exertion during struggle combined with methylamphetamine's cardiac effects…
85y · Female·ischaemic heart disease with renal failure
Fernanda Catalano, 85 years old, died of ischaemic heart disease with renal failure at Lyell McEwin Hospital. She had suffered an unwitnessed fall at her aged care…
55y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Stefan Wakeman, aged 55, died of ischaemic heart disease while in custody at Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre on 9 June 2019. Autopsy revealed sign…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia on a background of hypertensive heart disorder, obesity, diab…
Michael Baker, a 44-year-old Aboriginal man in custody at Lithgow Correctional Centre, died from cardiac arrhythmia on 25 June 2019. He had multiple comorbidities (hypertensive heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, un…
58y · Male·Ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease
John Christopher Mayger, aged 58, died of ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease while in custody at Adelaide Pre-release Centre. He had a significant cardiac history including tw…
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