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8 results for bicuspid aortic valve

VIC2018-04-16

Finding into death of Jason Joseph Mirko Ljepojevic

30y · Male·Haemopericardium due to dissecting aortic aneurysm secondary to bicuspid aortic …

… ECG, and diagnosed musculoskeletal pain. Pain improved within hours. He died the next day from dissecting aortic aneurysm secondary to bicuspid aortic valve. The coroner found the GP's assessment reasonable and appropri…

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VIChospital2022-01-17

Finding into death of Anthony Christopher Stone

59y · Male·Cardiomegaly and pulmonary oedema in a man with a bi-cuspid aortic valve

…rebral palsy living in a disability residence, died from cardiomegaly and pulmonary oedema secondary to a bicuspid aortic valve. In the weeks before death, he began refusing food and experienced unexplained falls from hi…

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VIChospital2023-07-17

Finding into death of Sasha

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…

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VIC2025-05-20

Finding into death of Jessica Anne Katgert

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…

cardiologyinfectious diseasessystembuprenorphine
VIChospital2020-03-16

Finding into death of Matteo Geminian

34y · Male·Haemopericardium due to dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm

A 34-year-old man with a bicuspid aortic valve presented to ED twice on 5 September 2017 with chest pain. On both occasions, the ED was at …

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VIChospital2017-12-21

Finding into death of Sally Elizabeth Hopwood

57y · Female·Haemothorax following acute thoracic aortic dissection in a woman with congenita…

Sally Hopwood, 57, with Turner syndrome, coarctation of the aorta, and bicuspid aortic valve, presented to ED on 23 March 2012 with severe acute back and chest pain (8/10). A chest X-ra…

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TAShospital2017-03-31

Coroner's Finding: Hoskinson, Neville Robert

55y · Male·cardiac tamponade resulting from proximal aortic dissection due to hypertension

…an presenting with acute severe chest pain, headache and jaw pain to a regional hospital was evaluated for aortic dissection. A CT angiogram was performed but the radiologist's verbal report contained ambiguities and omi…

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NSW2026-05-06

Inquest into the death of Arianna Maragol

1y · Female·Rapidly developing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leading to invasive pneumo…

Arianna Maragol, a 16-month-old girl, died from rapidly developing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leading to invasive pneumococcal disease while in childcare on 24 August 2018. Key clinical lessons emerged: (1) Pneum…

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