197 results for “acute_myocardial_infarction”
33y · Male·Decompensated congestive cardiac failure complicating acute myocardial infarctio…
A 33-year-old man with morbid obesity and steroid dependency presented with chest pain and light-headedness. Initial GP assessment missed acute coronary syndrome despite ECG changes on second visit. ED correctly diagnose…
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, difficult…
86y · Male·Acute Myocardial Ischaemia in an Elderly Man with Valvular and Ischaemic Heart D…
Henry Edwin Kerr, 86, died of acute myocardial ischaemia following left inguinal hernia surgery at Esperance District Hospital. He had significant cardiac history including valvular disease, ischaemic heart disease, and …
67y · Female·ischaemic heart disease
Merren Elizabeth Bartley, a 67-year-old woman with schizophrenia managed with clozapine and multiple comorbidities including coronary artery disease, died of ischaemic heart disease while an inpatient at a mental health …
57y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in a man with chronic schizophrenia
Jon Lewis, a 57-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiomyopathy, died from acute myocardial infarction or fatal cardiac arrhythmia at a specialist disability a…
31y · Male·Acute Myocardial Infarction
John Pocklington, aged 31, died of acute myocardial infarction while in remand custody. He had a long history of methamphetamine use and untreated cardiac damage. On 28 April 2015, he reported chest pain to a nurse, who …
49y · Female·Acute myocardial infarction secondary to giant-cell arteritis and atherosclerosi…
49-year-old woman died from acute myocardial infarction secondary to giant-cell arteritis of coronary arteries. On 26 November, she presented to her GP with left-sided chest pain described as atypical and unlikely ischae…
1y · Female·acute myocardial infarction secondary to Kawasaki's Disease
Kristen Kerkvliet, aged 14 months, died from acute myocardial infarction secondary to Kawasaki's Disease. She presented to Gympie Hospital severely underweight and malnourished on 3 February 2006, having failed to thrive…
39y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease with complete occlusion of the left anterior descending …
Stuart Judd, a 39-year-old Parks Victoria Ranger, died of acute myocardial infarction due to left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion with ruptured plaque. Eight days before death, he presented to GP Dr V. with…
74y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction complicated by multiple organ failure
Ronald William Beaumont, 74, died from acute myocardial infarction complicated by multiple organ failure following a second shoulder washout procedure. Key clinical lessons: (1) Despite inadvertent withholding of dual an…
58y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Hock An Ong, 58-year-old Malaysian national, died of acute ischaemic heart disease while evading lawful apprehension during an immigration operation in rural South Australia. He had undiagnosed underlying cardiac disease…
43y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
Farin William Daley, aged 43, died of ischaemic heart disease while in custody at Long Bay Correctional Facility. He had suffered a myocardial infarction at age 28 but failed to disclose this medical history during recep…
49y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis due to coronary atherosclerosis
Brad Wilson, 49, collapsed and died from acute coronary thrombosis approximately 40 minutes after police arrest at a polling booth on 7 September 2013. He had severe pre-existing triple-vessel coronary atherosclerosis, s…
53y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis; chronic obstructive airways disease; chronic cholecyst…
Gregory Bert Smallwood, a 53-year-old prisoner with morbid obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and COPD, died from acute myocardial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. He called for help at 3:06am reporting i…
63y · Male·Atherosclerotic Heart Disease
A 63-year-old farmer presented to a small rural hospital with atypical chest pain symptoms (also reporting indigestion, shivering, and numbness). Although a registered nurse appropriately triaged him as ATS 2 (high prior…
83y · Male·ischaemic myocardial fibrotic heart disease due to or as a consequence of severe…
Geoffrey Brian Homan, an 83-year-old man, died from ischaemic myocardial fibrotic heart disease due to severe calcified coronary atherosclerosis. He had suffered two myocardial infarctions in December 2019 and June 2020.…
67y · Female·Right coronary artery dissection following angiography stenting and attempted ro…
Margaret Richardson, 67, died from right coronary artery dissection during rotational atherectomy on 24 January 2017 at Launceston General Hospital. She had suffered acute myocardial infarction on 14 January with 95% occ…
74y · Male·Acute exacerbation of chronic airways disease, with carcinoma of prostate being …
William Berger, a 74-year-old man serving a life sentence for murder, died from acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with metastatic prostate cancer as a significant contributing condition. …
64y · Male·Arteriosclerotic coronary artery and hypertensive heart disease
Clifford Deas, a 64-year-old man in custody at Long Bay Hospital Correctional Centre since December 2015, died on 5 March 2016 from arteriosclerotic coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease, with end-stage …
45y · Male·Coronary artery disease due to severe atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarcti…
Mario Emmy Tyssen, 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 pre…
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