359 results for “coronary_artery_disease”
Male·out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and…
Lewis Walter Ward, a Ngarinyin man in his early thirties, died from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest while playing sport at West Kimberley Regional Prison. He had Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and was a smo…
79y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction
Barry Foster, a 79-year-old man imprisoned at Hopkins Correctional Centre, died from acute myocardial infarction. On 29 April 2016, he presented with chest tightness; an ECG showed no abnormalities and he was prescribed …
Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following ventilatory failure/cardiac arrest (R…
Two obese patients died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following cardio-respiratory deterioration post-operatively at a private hospital without overnight medical cover. John Ryan (54) deteriorated within hours of…
81y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
Edward Rawlins, aged 81, died of coronary atherosclerosis while imprisoned at Wolston Correctional Centre. He had multiple chronic conditions including previous strokes, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, and severe three-ve…
47y · Male·Myocardial ischaemia as a result of undiagnosed coronary artery disease; cerebra…
Thomas Creegan, a 47-year-old UK tourist, died during a second introductory resort dive at the Great Barrier Reef after becoming separated from his instructor and ascending rapidly to the surface. He lost consciousness s…
80y · Female·sudden cardiac arrest due to multiple post-operative complications including myo…
An 80-year-old woman died from multiple post-operative complications following reversal of a Hartmann's procedure for diverticulitis. She had undergone a complex 8-hour surgery complicated by extensive adhesions (frozen …
32y · Male·Myocardial infarction secondary to coronary atherosclerosis
Kenneth Plummer, a 32-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, died of acute myocardial infarction secondary to severe coronary atherosclerosis following a physical fight. He had a prior silent myocardial infa…
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 significant coronary artery narrowing (40-50% to 70-80%) with emphyse…
68y · Female·Complications of a fall with contributing factors of respiratory failure, respir…
Irene Charlish, a 68-year-old woman with longstanding schizoaffective disorder and multiple comorbidities, fell at her residential facility on 6 June 2017, sustaining a pneumothorax and rib fracture. She was admitted to …
42y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia
A 42-year-old male with undiagnosed chronic coronary artery disease died of fatal cardiac arrhythmia at an immigration detention centre. Key contributing factors were: ingestion of methamphetamine (toxic levels) in the h…
77y · Male·Blunt force head and chest injuries from motor vehicle collision
A 77-year-old male with a history of seizures (2017, 2023) died from blunt force head and chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 10 March 2024. The vehicle travelled at 157 km/h approaching a red traffi…
34y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis (heart attack)
A 34-year-old Aboriginal male died of coronary atherosclerosis while in custody. He had type 2 diabetes diagnosed in 2007 but was non-compliant with medications and lifestyle modifications. Upon reception to prison, he w…
66y · Male·drowning
Lindi Sun, aged 66, died by drowning after being swept into the sea while rock fishing at Boltons Beach, Tasmania. He was not wearing a personal flotation device (PFD). A large wave broke on the rocks where he was fishin…
79y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
A 79-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarctions, coronary artery bypass graft, schizophrenia, and ischaemic heart disease died of acute cardiac failure while detained in a mental health facility. He had been a…
86y · Male·Complications post laparoscopic cholecystectomy
86-year-old man with acute gangrenous perforated cholecystitis underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy on 2 October 2015, forty-two hours after admission. Severe bleeding from hepatic arterial branches required conversion…
83y · Female·cardiac arrest from severe triple vessel coronary artery disease complicated by …
Margaret Isabel Horsington, aged 83, died from cardiac arrest secondary to severe coronary artery disease, complicated by large bowel obstruction from rectal carcinoma. She presented to Roma Hospital with constipation an…
39y · Male·Coronary thrombosis caused by coronary atherosclerosis
Lenard Casey, a 39-year-old Aboriginal man with severe coronary artery disease, died of acute coronary thrombosis while in custody. Arrested for assault on his partner, he developed chest pain at the police station and w…
46y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease
Frank Albert, a 46-year-old Aboriginal man, died from atherosclerotic heart disease while incarcerated at West Kimberley Regional Prison. Although his death was caused by severe coronary artery disease unrelated to medic…
62y · Male·Advanced atherosclerotic and hypertensive coronary vascular disease
Lance Royal Smith, aged 62, died from advanced atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease following a motorcycle crash on 4 November 2023. He was riding an unregistered, mechanically defective Harley Davidson at high spee…
85y · Male·Unknown
Ray Dark, 85, died on 17 December 2023 when his house at Degarra, Queensland was swept away during catastrophic flooding caused by ex-tropical Cyclone Jasper—Australia's wettest tropical cyclone on record. After the Bloo…
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