12 results for “aortic calcification”
71y · Female·cardiac tamponade due to ascending aortic dissection
…he ED with sudden-onset epigastric pain requiring morphine. Despite clinical features concerning for acute aortic dissection (severe stabbing chest pain radiating to back, relieved by leaning forward, systolic ejection m…
41y · Female·Cardiomegaly
… endocarditis treated in 2021 with echocardiographic changes including dilated left ventricle and moderate aortic regurgitation. Autopsy revealed severe cardiac disease with myocardial fibrosis and a functionally bicuspi…
81y · Female·hypovolemic shock due to haemorrhage during orthopaedic repair of a femur fractu…
…ing care was of good standard throughout. Ms Whitney had pre-existing poor physiological reserve (anaemia, aortic calcification) which contributed to inability to tolerate significant intraoperative bleeding. The coronia…
61y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…etes, heavy smoking history, and intravenous drug use. CT scans in 2013 and 2015 revealed severe abdominal aortic calcification, later noted as 'age-advanced atherosclerosis' on lumbar spine X-ray in 2016. Clinical Foren…
51y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 51-year-old man with end-stage renal disease, hepatitis C cirrhosis, endocarditis, and aortic valve disease died in custody from acute myocardial infarction. He presented with gastrointestinal bleedin…
84y · Male·haemoperitoneum due to ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Bernard Greenwell, an 84-year-old male, died from rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) while in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre. He experienced sudden-onset severe left g…
60y · Male·Mixed drug (methylamphetamine, deschloro-n-ethyl-ketamine) toxicity in a man wit…
Mr XML, aged 60, died from mixed drug toxicity (methylamphetamine and deschloro-n-ethyl-ketamine) in the setting of significant cardiovascular disease. He collapsed after self-injecting an unknown substance while driving…
76y · Male·congestive cardiac failure
Richard John O'Connor, a 76-year-old prisoner, died of congestive cardiac failure at Prince of Wales Hospital after a two-week admission. He had a long history of cardiac disease including previous valve replacement and …
66y · Male·Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
…urned to a regional hospital 8 hours later with worsening pain and was diagnosed with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, dying shortly after. The coroner found the death may have been preventable had he been seen earl…
70y · Male·ischaemic and valvular heart disease with chronic pulmonary disease being a sign…
Barry Faulkner, aged 70, died of ischaemic and valvular heart disease with chronic pulmonary disease while in lawful custody at Long Bay Correctional Complex on 25 January 2020. He suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while …
75y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia
Valerie Seeger, 75, died by plastic bag asphyxia with nitrogen gas inhalation on 20 March 2014. She had Alzheimer's disease diagnosed in March 2013 and a history of heart disease. She and her lifelong friend Dr P., a 66-…
55y · Male·Cardiopulmonary arrest, respiratory failure and chronic obstructive airways dise…
Mr John Threadgold, a 55-year-old man with extensive psychiatric history (schizoaffective disorder, substance dependency), chronic obstructive airways disease, and alcohol abuse, died from cardiopulmonary arrest and resp…
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