16 results for “angioplasty”
43y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to haemopericardium and tamponade complicating ru…
…ald, 43-year-old male, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac tamponade complicating coronary angioplasty. During elective PCI at Frankston Hospital, he sustained right coronary artery perforation causing peri…
24y · Male·heart failure resulting from severe coronary artery disease with prior myocardia…
…He had severe coronary artery disease with prior myocardial infarction but had never received necessary angioplasty. Police encountered him multiple times during the night but were unable to place him in protective cust…
55y · Female·Cardiac tamponade due to haemopericardium due to acute ruptured myocardial infar…
A 55-year-old woman with extensive coronary artery disease presented for elective stent placement to her left anterior descending artery. During the procedure, a small diagonal branch vessel was occluded—a recognised com…
60y · Male·Ischaemic gut secondary to superior mesenteric artery dissection complicating in…
A 60-year-old man with severe coronary artery disease presented with acute myocardial infarction, requiring emergency stenting and subsequent bypass surgery. An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) was inserted for haemodyna…
63y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia complicating recent posterior myocardial infarct with underly…
Craig Nicholas Canham, aged 63, died in custody at Yatala Labour Prison from cardiac arrhythmia complicating a recent posterior myocardial infarction with underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He had suffered a myocard…
50y · Male·Ischaemic and valvular heart disease (severe aortic stenosis) with other signifi…
A 50-year-old man with severe ischaemic and valvular heart disease (aortic stenosis) died suddenly in hospital following multiple myocardial infarctions. He had consistently refused invasive interventions including valve…
75y · Male·End-stage renal disease, with hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and diabete…
Edgar Hugh Sandow, a 75-year-old First Nations man, died from end-stage renal disease while incarcerated at Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He had multiple comorbidities including heart failure, diabetes, hypert…
62y · Male·fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to end-stage ischaemic cardiomyopathy
A 62-year-old prisoner with severe ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and cardiomyopathy died from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia in hospital. He had extensive cardiac history including pacemaker insertion, coronary stents, …
42y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
…lished that proper history-taking would have mandated repeat ECG and troponin testing before discharge. Angioplasty would have offered 95% one-year survival. Death was entirely preventable through adherence to standard …
75y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia in a man with comorbidities
A 75-year-old sentenced prisoner died from acute bronchopneumonia with comorbidities. Mr Rice had extensive medical complexity including COPD, cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes. He was appropriat…
35y · Female·coronary artery dissection
Fiona Selby-Fullgrabe, 35, presented to Wallaroo Hospital with chest pain, arm weakness, and diaphoresis. Ambulance noted elevated troponin (121) and activated the chest pain protocol. However, Dr M. discharged her after…
79y · Male·Complications of peripheral vascular disease with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, atri…
John Reginald Wright, a 79-year-old remand prisoner, died from complications of peripheral vascular disease with diabetes, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy and delirium. He was transferred to Princess Alexandra Hospit…
36y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease and Severe Multifocal Coronary Atherosclerosis in a man …
Kevin Gregory Quartermaine, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man and sentenced prisoner at Casuarina Prison, died from ischaemic heart disease with severe multifocal coronary atherosclerosis on 17 May 2002. He had extensive coro…
68y · Female·Massive blood loss due to disconnection of haemodialysis machine
Judith Heath, age 68, died from acute blood loss on 7 September 2006 at The Alfred Hospital during routine haemodialysis for end-stage renal failure. The Luer-Lok connection between her arteriovenous catheter and the hae…
67y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage complicating coronary artery bypass graft surgery follo…
A 67-year-old man died from intracranial haemorrhage following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. He had suffered a right coronary artery dissection during percutaneous coronary intervention at Sunshine Hospital and w…
Female·Vlasta Wylucki: ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis (previou…
Two women died of natural causes in Queensland police watchhouses but supervisory failures raised serious concerns. Ms Wylucki (50) died from ischaemic heart disease after inadequate cell checks failed to detect her vomi…
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