492 results for “acute cardiac failure”
76y · Male·combined effects of acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis
Pasquale Esposito, age 76, died in custody at Lyell McEwin Hospital from combined acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis. He had extensive cardiac history including prior MI, CABG, COPD, and …
69y · Female·Congestive cardiac failure
Margaret O'Donnell, a 69-year-old woman with complex medical history including heart failure, diabetes, obesity and hypertension, died from congestive cardiac failure. She was admitted to Austin Hos…
71y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease
…lipidaemia, was admitted to hospital with chest pain in August 2013. Initial diagnosis of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome was made, but he declined angiography. Following a schizophrenic relapse, he became non-…
83y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease complicated by atrial fibrillation, mitral valve regurgi…
Kenneth Arthur Campbell, aged 83, died from acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) while driving. He experienced sudden cardiac decompensation manifesti…
39y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy
…an, died from dilated cardiomyopathy while in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital. He had a long-standing cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction, presenting acutely with cholecystitis, acute kidney injury…
64y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis with early myocardial infarction
A 64-year-old man suffered acute myocardial infarction at home. His wife called triple-0 at 10:34 am reporting classic cardiac symptoms: su…
47y · Female·acute subendocardial septal myocardial infarction complicating hypertension and …
A 47-year-old woman with hypertension, high cholesterol, and significant family history of early cardiac disease presented to a country hospital ED with acute crushing central chest pain (10/10), shortness of b…
72y · Male·acute cerebral infarction complicating acute myocardial infarction
Ronald Bromage, aged 72, died from acute cerebral infarction complicating acute myocardial infarction. He presented with chest pain on 22 and 25 Fe…
51y · Male·Multiorgan failure in a man with corrected congenital coarctation of the aorta a…
Sean Raymond Adams, 51-year-old male with complex cardiac history including corrected coarctation of aorta, valvular disease, and biventricular heart failure, pres…
68y · Female·Acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery atherosclerosis
…all. Clinicians attributed her symptoms to codeine adverse reaction and rib trauma rather than considering acute coronary syndrome. She deteriorated and suffered a cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction with …
91y · Female·congestive cardiac failure
…n her room and was transported to hospital for assessment of a suspected pelvic fracture. She deteriorated acutely in the ED with respiratory compromise requiring oxygen therapy. A MET call occurred. Following family di…
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 …
82y · Male·Acute kidney failure due to possible sepsis or cardiogenic shock, with congestiv…
Ian Turnbull, a 82-year-old man in custody, died from acute kidney failure due to possible sepsis or cardiogenic shock with congestive cardiac failure. He had multipl…
62y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure in a man with Ischaemic and Hypertensive Heart Diseas…
Greg Howarth, a 62-year-old man incarcerated at Port Phillip Prison, died from congestive cardiac failure precipitated by acute myocardial infarction in the setting of ischaemic and hypertensive heart di…
69y · Male·Pericarditis
A 69-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease, congestive cardiac failure, and Fragile X Syndrome presented to the Emergency Department with dyspnea following an unwitness…
34y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during struggle and restraint in a man with methylamphe…
…ess. The coroner found restraint did not cause asphyxiation and force was reasonable. Death resulted from cardiac arrhythmia triggered by extreme physical exertion during struggle combined with methylamphetamine's cardi…
38y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia with acute circulatory failure in a man with acute drug effec…
Ohm Sathitpittayayudh, aged 38, died in custody at Karnet Prison Farm from cardiac arrhythmia with acute circulatory failure after ingesting 5F-ADB (Kronic), a synthetic cannabinoid. He ha…
63y · Female·Haemopericardium (pericardial tamponade) caused by perforation of the right vent…
… and viral pneumonia. After initial discharge, she returned with worsening symptoms including hypotension, acute kidney injury, and declining cardiac function (LVEF 40%). The pericardiocentesis was performed as an emerg…
57y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in a man with chronic schizophrenia
…with chronic schizophrenia, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiomyopathy, died from acute myocardial infarction or fatal cardiac arrhythmia at a specialist disability accommodation facility. He re…
64y · Male·Complications of congestive cardiac failure on a background of cardiac hypertrop…
…ration. During his 8-day admission, he developed progressive shortness of breath, hypoxia, and multiorgan failure despite appropriate clinical responses including MET calls and investigations. Autopsy revealed congestiv…
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