102 results for “cardiac hypertrophy”
68y · Female·Cardiomyopathy with atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension, and alcohol int…
Margaret Brown, a 68-year-old woman with significant cardiac disease (cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension) and chronic alcohol abuse, died at …
47y · Male·organ failure following cardiorespiratory impairment in a man with arteriosclero…
…red irreversible hypoxic brain injury and died three days later. Synthetic cannabinoids triggered a fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a man with 65% stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery. While prison medic…
81y · Male·bronchopneumonia
An 81-year-old man with dementia, congestive cardiac failure, chronic lung disease and hip fractures died of bronchopneumonia four days after discharge from p…
68y · Male·Complications of a witnessed airway obstruction from food bolus in a man with dy…
A 68-year-old man with dysphagia and bipolar disorder died from airway obstruction and aspiration pneumonia after choking on a sandwich brought by his wife during a supervised hospital meal. He had been admitted with wor…
68y · Male·Cardiac arrest - unascertained etiology with multiple contributing factors inclu…
…ring. Multiple clinical deteriorations were misinterpreted as behavioral rather than medical. He suffered cardiac arrest in the van and could not be revived. Autopsy revealed severe pre-existing ischaemic heart disease,…
73y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
…multiple falls, grappling holds, and apparent bear-hug and full-Nelson manoeuvres, the man collapsed with cardiac arrest within minutes. He had severe coronary atherosclerosis with multiple blocked coronary vessels and …
80y · Female·Gas embolism complicating surgical repair of an atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm …
An 80-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (COPD, renal impairment, cardiac disease) underwent complex endoluminal repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm at a private hospital…
46y · Male·Haemopericardium complicating aortic dissection
A 46-year-old man with untreated hypertension and smoking history presented to the ED with acute chest pain radiating to jaw and back. ECG showed changes initially interpreted as NSTEMI with troponin elevation. A cardiol…
59y · Male·Unascertained
Jonathan Townsend, a 59-year-old Navy veteran with PTSD, alcohol use disorder, and multiple psychiatric comorbidities, died at home on 5 November 2021. The cause of death was unascertained despite autopsy and toxicology.…
30y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest of unknown aetiolog…
Heather Calgaret, a 30-year-old Aboriginal woman, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy after being administered a first dose of buprenorphine (Buvidal) injection without prior stabilisation on sublingual Suboxone. …
41y · Male·subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of a berry aneurysm of the right interna…
A 41-year-old male prisoner died from subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by rupture of an undiagnosed berry aneurysm while incarcerated. He had a complex medical history including migraines, head injuries, hypertension, and…
70y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man with intra-abdominal carcinoma and multiple co-morbidi…
…noma and multiple comorbidities. A life-sentenced prisoner, he had extensive medical conditions including cardiac disease, liver cirrhosis, and COPD. Key clinical issues included: (1) unauthorised self-administration of…
33y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia, secondary to acute kidney injury
…ure repair surgery on 17 March 2016 at Liverpool Hospital. He died 38 hours post-operatively from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to acute kidney injury with severe hyperkalaemia. Pre-operative assessment identifie…
58y · Male·acute myocardial infarction caused by ischaemic heart disease
…isease while in custody at Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre on 27 December 2022. He experienced a cardiac event approximately 30 minutes after CS gas was deployed during a prison incident. Although he was not in…
69y · Female·Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischaemic heart diseas…
Lynette McHarry, aged 69, died on 15 August 2024 at Casey Hospital following complications from a preventable medication error at Mooraleigh Hostel residential aged care facility. On 4 August, she was mistakenly administ…
54y · Male·acute myocardial infarction
Gordon Arthur David Mitchell, 54 years old, died of acute myocardial infarction five days after successful stenting for an initial MI. He was discharged on 10 July 2019 despite presenting with chest pain, dyspnea, and co…
14y · Male·ventricular arrhythmia on a background of congenital aortic valve disease
A 14-year-old boy with congenital aortic stenosis collapsed and died from ventricular arrhythmia during football training in March 2015. He had undergone aortic valve repair in 2006 and was under long-term cardiology fol…
12y · Male·Cardiac haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of congenital aortic stenosis (su…
…he Surgical Fellow's call-in duties distracted from bedside clinical assessment; (4) Documentation by the cardiac surgical team was absent, limiting retrospective review. However, expert consensus concluded that even wi…
47y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Alcohol Misuse (SUDAM)
…holic liver disease with fatty infiltration. While expert evidence excluded direct medication toxicity or cardiac disease as causes, the coroner identified clinical concerns: Dr H. prescribed sedatives to an alcohol-dep…
39y · Male·Excited delirium, probably caused by amphetamine toxicity-induced psychosis. Dea…
…idelines; (3) multiple taser activations (28 times, ~40-60 seconds effective) contributed cumulatively to cardiac stress via adrenergic response and muscle tetany; (4) pre-hospital resuscitation was delayed despite clea…
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