153 results for “heart arrhythmia”
46y · Female·combined effects of aspiration pneumonia due to gastroparesis following sleeve g…
…died from aspiration pneumonia due to gastroparesis following sleeve gastrectomy, complicated by ischaemic heart disease. Post-operative recovery was beset with persistent vomiting, dehydration, and electrolyte disturba…
43y · Male·The combined effects of subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity
…derstanding that pre-existing cardiac scarring dramatically increases vulnerability to methadone-induced arrhythmias; and considering the complex interplay between substance use, mental health comorbidities, and cardiac …
71y · Female·ischaemic cardiovascular disease
…escribed concurrently without clinical indication—a contraindicated combination potentially causing severe heart block. A pharmacist flagged this in a comment but no action was taken. The error was not identified despit…
4y · Female·aspiration of vomitus and its treatment due to rheumatic carditis against a back…
A 4-year-old Aboriginal girl from Doomadgee died on 23 July 2009 from aspiration of vomitus complicating rheumatic carditis with concurrent viral respiratory tract infection. She presented with fever and cough on 19, 21,…
73y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 73-year-old man found a purse at a shopping centre and attempted to leave his details with the information desk rather than hand it in directly. A security officer, believing him suspicious, confronted, accused him of …
54y · Male·Unable to be ascertained. Multiple contributing factors identified: arrhythmogen…
54-year-old man with schizophrenia died after acute mental health crisis during police response. Contributing factors included: arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (undetected cardiac condition); combined doxepin and venlafaxi…
46y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy (acute complication with sudden cardiac arrhythmia)
… obstructive sleep apnoea, and pulmonary hypertension died from acute dilated cardiomyopathy with sudden arrhythmia. She presented to hospital multiple times in January 2015 with hyperglycaemia and respiratory symptoms b…
37y · Male·Neck compression in the setting of prone restraint in a man using methylamphetam…
…nsic pathologist confirmed neck compression as the cause, noting that methylamphetamine use may render the heart more sensitive to such compression. Victoria Police concluded there was insufficient evidence for criminal…
62y · Male·Multi-organ infarctions (brain, kidneys, heart) resulting from thromboemboli sec…
Mr TAM, a 62-year-old man with multiple cardiac conditions, died from multi-organ infarction secondary to an atrio-oesophageal fistula that developed after radio-frequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. The fistula is…
63y · Male·Hypotensive and atherosclerotic heart disease
… male prisoner with Type II diabetes, hypertension, obesity and coronary atherosclerosis died of cardiac arrhythmia while engaged in farm work at a minimum-security prison. Dr L. provided acceptable diabetes and hyperten…
52y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Hassan Bechara, a 52-year-old prisoner, died from ischaemic heart disease in July 2017. He had complex cardiac history including dilated cardiomyopathy, triple-vessel coron…
30y · Male·heatstroke causing damage to the heart
Casey Frizzel, age 30, died of heatstroke while working on a construction site in tropical North Queensland. He worked three consecutive hot days with minimal food intake (only chips and a mars bar), consumed little wate…
70y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…oner with a significant cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction, hypertension, and ischaemic heart disease, died of coronary atherosclerosis in September 2018. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) Aspiri…
39y · Male·Cardiac arrest in a person with pre-existing severe ischaemic heart disease who …
A 39-year-old First Nations man with severe ischaemic heart disease died following police restraint and ambulance care during an emergency examination authority deten…
84y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis in the setting of ty…
…e comorbidities including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and prior cardiac risk factors, died of ischaemic heart disease with coronary artery atherosclerosis. He underwent total dental clearance (extraction of 15 teeth)…
38y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…t paramedic efforts were appropriate but unsuccessful. The coroner found the death was caused by ischaemic heart disease triggered by stress and physical exertion during restraint, not positional asphyxia or other facto…
69y · Male·Ischaemic cardiomyopathy due to or as a consequence of coronary atherosclerosis …
…te management of his multiple comorbidities. His severe cardiac disease placed him at high risk of fatal arrhythmia and myocardial infarction. The coroner concluded his death could not have been reasonably prevented and …
17y · Female·Arrhythmia due to myocardial scarring secondary to past myocarditis, possibly fr…
Holly Brown, 17, died of fatal cardiac arrhythmia from undiagnosed heart scarring likely due to childhood rheumatic fever. She collapsed at a regional mas…
0y · Male·Myocarditis
Baby C, a 5-month-old infant, died from myocarditis (viral heart inflammation) after presenting to Sunshine Hospital Emergency Department with fever, breathing difficulty,…
87y · Male·Blunt trauma of the head and chest
Henry Arthur Roberts, 87, died from blunt trauma to head and chest after being overrun by his tractor on 16 March 2020. He had multiple serious health conditions including leukaemia, severe vision impairment from macular…
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