153 results for “heart arrhythmia”
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…
Male·Drowning (with various contributing cardiac and traumatic factors)
Eight people died in four separate boating incidents in South Australian waters between March 2024 and January 2025, all from drowning or drowning-related causes. The coroner found that lifejackets would likely have prev…
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
…nquest examined three deaths of young Aboriginal women from Doomadgee (ages 18, 37, and 17) from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complications between September 2019 and September 2020. All three deaths were preventable t…
36y · Male·Undetermined; three possible mechanisms identified: oversedation with vomiting a…
…e cause of death was undetermined, with three possible mechanisms: oversedation with aspiration, cardiac arrhythmia, or seizure. A significant systemic deficiency was identified: nursing staff failed to comply with manda…
68y · Female·Coronary heart disease
…nd died despite resuscitation. Clinical lessons: inadequate length of stay for diagnostic clarity in acute heart failure; failure to act on abnormal vital signs and Q-ADDS scores; poor discharge planning with no pharmac…
61y · Female·Peritonitis due to anastomotic leak at gastrectomy site; pathological obesity as…
A 61-year-old woman with pathological obesity died from peritonitis secondary to anastomotic leak following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The procedure itself was appropriate for her failed previous lap band surgeries…
58y · Male·coronary artery arteriosclerosis (natural causes)
Philip Sulley, 58, died of coronary artery arteriosclerosis on 27 April 2020 at Bentley Mental Health Unit. He presented to Royal Perth Hospital emergency department on 19 April 2020 with psychotic behaviour but was disc…
81y · Female·Acute pyelonephritis (kidney infection) in combination with severe coronary arte…
…nd severe coronary artery disease died from acute pyelonephritis (kidney infection) combined with coronary heart disease. She experienced multiple falls over 3.5 months in aged care, with rapid functional decline, dehyd…
30y · Male·Malignant ventricular arrhythmia without myocardial infarction, precipitated by …
…ck Kokaua, a 30-year-old with schizophrenia and coronary artery disease, died from malignant ventricular arrhythmia during a police encounter after absconding from hospital. Contributing factors included positional asphy…
68y · Male·drowning against a background of cardiomegaly and severe coronary artery calcifi…
Eric Finlayson, a 68-year-old UK tourist, died by drowning on 9 October 2012 while snorkelling at Michaelmas Cay on the Great Barrier Reef. He had undiagnosed cardiomegaly and severe coronary atherosclerosis. The coroner…
75y · Male·Multi-organ failure secondary to cardiogenic shock and anterior myocardial infar…
… ECG abnormalities must be immediately escalated; and clinical distractions (possible aortic dissection, arrhythmia) should not prevent recognition of the primary diagnosis.
62y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemia secondary to intra-operative hypotension following the…
A 62-year-old man died from global cerebral ischaemia following intra-operative hypotension after protamine administration during a cardiac ablation procedure. He had suffered a severe hypotensive reaction to protamine 8…
57y · Male·Severe coronary artery disease. It is likely that Kevin's use of inhalants in cu…
Kevin Bugmy, a 57-year-old Aboriginal man, died of severe coronary artery disease while in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre. The coroner found the care received for his chronic inhalant use disorder was grossly in…
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