65 results for “previous myocardial infarction”
56y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease and Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis
A 56-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease and stenting presented to his GP on 17 February 2020 with right upper quadrant discomfort. The GP did not consider a cardiac source, attributing symptoms to abd…
68y · Male·compression of the neck with contributing acute myocardial infarction due to cor…
…iginal man died by hanging in his cell at Yatala Labour Prison on 16 April 2015 while experiencing acute myocardial infarction. He was transferred to Yatala for urgent psychiatric assessment following two self-harm attem…
59y · Male·Chronic liver disease due to alcoholism and chronic hepatitis C infection with c…
Martin Norman Wright, aged 59, died in Yatala Labour Prison on 26 August 2015 from chronic liver disease due to alcoholism and chronic hepatitis C infection, with contributing ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstruct…
42y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy in the setting of recent acute myocardial infarction with…
Ruben Chand, a 42-year-old male, suffered a fatal hypoxic brain injury during emergency re-intubation in ICU. After an initially reasonable extubation decision, he deteriorated and required urgent re-intubation. The proc…
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 after methylamphetamine use and alcohol consumption. H…
51y · Male·congestive cardiac failure in association with ischaemic and hypertensive heart …
…ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. He had multiple medical comorbidities including diabetes, COPD, previous myocardial infarction, and a large untreated abdominal hernia. While at Graylands Hospital, he developed …
81y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…rosclerosis while imprisoned at Wolston Correctional Centre. He had multiple chronic conditions including previous strokes, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, and severe three-vessel coronary artery disease. Death was sudden…
57y · Male·Severe coronary artery disease. It is likely that Kevin's use of inhalants in cu…
…ers undermine continuity of care and health engagement. The failure to escalate the June 2018 ECG showing previous myocardial infarction may have delayed diagnosis of life-threatening coronary disease.
50y · Male·Acute methamphetamine toxicity
A 50-year-old man with significant cardiac history (previous stenting) died from acute methamphetamine toxicity. He had consumed a high concentration of methamphetami…
70y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…ith ischaemic heart disease, dementia, diabetes, hypertension and aortic stenosis died suddenly of acute myocardial infarction while in compulsory mental health detention. He had fallen the previous morning and was asses…
58y · Male·drowning due to loss of consciousness from acute coronary event (unstable plaque…
…man with a 5-year history of cardiology follow-up died during a recreational canoeing expedition. Despite previous cardiology assessment detecting no ischaemic heart disease, autopsy revealed severe ischaemic heart disea…
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 facility on 20 April 2016, was transferred to hospital w…
69y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (choking)
…he death was accidental and supervision was reasonable, as choking was not identified as a risk despite a previous episode of dysphagia documented four months earlier that had apparently resolved. The key clinical lesson…
57y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
David Samuel Morris, aged 57, died from coronary atherosclerosis while in custody at Woodford Correctional Centre on 19 November 2011. He had a significant cardiac history including dilated cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrill…
81y · Male·gastrointestinal haemorrhage and multi-organ failure on a background of severe d…
William Thomas Kelbin, aged 81, died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage and multi-organ failure on a background of severe dementia. He had been placed under guardianship with detention powers after becoming unable to self…
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 with a freeway. The Subaru was 'coasting' at 30-32 km/h and n…
37y · Male·Hanging
…significant life stressors, died by hanging after police attendance at a family violence incident. He had previous suicide attempts (2000, 2009), depression treated with sertraline, and multiple concurrent stressors: mar…
37y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis resulting from coronary atherosclerosis with contribu…
…bulance officers on 29 February 2004. Despite observable midline thoracic scarring—strongly suggestive of previous cardiac surgery—and unexplained pain, the ambulance officers decided not to transport him to hospital, cl…
Male·Neck injury in a man with atherosclerotic heart disease
Ashley James Bropho, a vulnerable remand prisoner with intellectual impairment, schizophrenia, diabetes, previous myocardial infarction with stent, and atherosclerotic heart disease, was killed on 9 March 2023 at Hakea …
75y · Male·Multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity
A 75-year-old man with end-stage cardiac failure and chronic renal failure died from multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity following intentional overdose of alcohol, temazepam, and oxycodone. He had express…
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