30 results for “aortic valve replacement surgery”
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
A 41-year-old man with a pre-existing aortic valve abnormality developed staphylococcal septicaemia, likely initiated by Q fever exposure at his abatto…
64y · Male·Complications of redo thoracotomy/aortic valve replacement in a man with ischaem…
…ld physician with significant cardiac history (prior CABG, pacemaker, congestive failure, and newly severe aortic stenosis) underwent redo thoracotomy for aortic valve replacement. During sternal re-entry, the right vent…
68y · Male·Dilated cardiomyopathy with previous aortic valve replacement and aortic graft
A 68-year-old man with aortic valve replacement died from undiagnosed dilated cardiomyopathy, with retroperitoneal haemorrhage as a cont…
86y · Female·multiple injuries from motor vehicle crash
…ough a cardiac arrhythmia, fatigue, or distraction were possibilities. The deceased had undergone cardiac surgery 22 months prior and was undergoing fitness-to-drive assessment following a prior motor vehicle incident. …
49y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction complicating prosthetic valve thrombosis in a man wi…
Joshua Paul Coates, aged 49, died from acute myocardial infarction complicating prosthetic valve thrombosis following mechanical aortic valve replacement. Post-mortem examination revealed a large blood c…
72y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man receiving warfarin treatment
…iving 24-hour support from DHHS died from acute subdural haematoma while on warfarin therapy post-cardiac surgery. He collapsed at work with vomiting and vagueness, was assessed at local medical centre, then transferred…
62y · Male·chronic congestive cardiac failure due to severe aortic valve stenosis and incom…
…dward Hunt, aged 62, a life-sentenced prisoner, died from chronic congestive cardiac failure due to severe aortic valve stenosis and cardiomyopathy. His severe aortic stenosis was identified in 2003, but surgical interve…
83y · Female·decompensated right heart failure (cor pulmonale) immediately following mitral v…
…83-year-old woman died from decompensated right heart failure (cor pulmonale) immediately following mitral valve replacement surgery. She had chronic pulmonary hypertension secondary to severe mitral regurgitation from …
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…
12y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating an aortic root abscess (operated) …
A 12-year-old Aboriginal girl with a bicuspid aortic valve and autism spectrum disorder presented with a week of fever and non-specific symptoms (cough, vomiti…
74y · Male·Pericarditis post aortic valve surgery with large pericardial effusion leading t…
…p, a 74-year-old man, died from pericarditis with large pericardial effusion and tamponade four days after aortic valve replacement surgery. Post-operative imaging showed a small pericardial effusion, considered routine.…
59y · Female·acute cardiogenic shock, with acute mechanical obstruction of a remote mechanica…
…during cardiac catheterisation at Liverpool Hospital when a pressure wire became trapped in her mechanical aortic valve. She had consented to a right heart study to investigate suspected constrictive pericarditis, but no…
58y · Male·Hypertensive and valvular heart disease
…diac collapse in a prison pre-release unit. He had complex pre-existing cardiac disease including previous valve replacement and aortic surgery with severe left ventricular hypertrophy. The coroner found his medical man…
83y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to aortic stenosis (recent transcatheter aortic va…
An 83-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure died from pulmonary embolism one day after discharge foll…
19y · Male·Rheumatic heart disease (severe aortic valve regurgitation)
…eeda, 19-year-old Aboriginal male with rheumatic heart disease from childhood, died in custody from severe aortic valve regurgitation. He had required aortic valve replacement surgery since 2014. In December 2017, while …
81y · Female·Severe cardiogenic shock complicating cardiac surgery
An 81-year-old woman died of severe cardiogenic shock following elective aortic valve replacement complicated by intraoperative haemodynamic instability and inadequate postoperative ICU …
75y · Male·Acute cardiac failure due to mitral valve disease (surgically treated)
Arthur Lawrence Smith, 75, underwent successful mitral valve repair and coronary artery bypass grafts at TPCH on 2 August 2004 and was discharged 5 days later. On 19 A…
36y · Male·infective endocarditis
…cardiac failure, requiring emergency hospital transfer on 30 May where endocarditis was confirmed. Despite aortic valve replacement surgery and antibiotics, he died from uncontrollable sepsis and multiple organ failure. …
37y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis resulting from coronary atherosclerosis with contribu…
Marshall Yantarrnga, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man with significant cardiac history (prior mitral valve replacement in 1996), presented with chest and right-sided pain, fever, and was assessed by ambulance offi…
71y · Male·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease
…re (dyspnea, bilateral pitting edema) during home visits. Despite psychiatric assessment confirming severe aortic stenosis with poor prognosis without surgery, the patient refused treatment due to delusional beliefs abou…
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