21 results for “cardiac CT angiography”
53y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to triple vessel atherosclerosis and thrombosis …
…al left ventricular wall motion indicating coronary artery disease. However, instead of urgent coronary angiography, a CTCA was ordered, which was cancelled. The patient died of acute myocardial infarction in April 2023…
71y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease
…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-compliant with cardiac medications. Despite clinical …
69y · Male·thoracic aortic aneurysm with dissection
Peter Hanisch, a 69-year-old man, died from thoracic aortic aneurysm with dissection on 22 August 2021. He presented to Calvary Hospital on 19 August 2021 with sudden chest discomfort and neurological symptoms. A CT angi…
44y · Female·Ischemic heart disease due to complete blockage of left anterior descending coro…
A 44-year-old woman presented with acute chest pain and troponin elevation. Coronary angiography revealed only a 30% non-obstructive lesion in the left anterior descending artery. She was discharged o…
57y · Male·large volume ischaemic infarct (stroke)
Stephen John French, a 57-year-old with prior stroke (2002) and myocardial infarction (2009), presented with headache, visual disturbance and gait difficulty in May 2013. Imaging at Launceston General Hospital on 30 May …
76y · Male·exsanguination secondary to pulmonary aortic fistula and thoracic aorta aneurysm…
…involuntarily detained under mental health legislation and treated for depression while managing multiple cardiac problems including anaemia and poor oral intake. He died suddenly from massive haemorrhage secondary to r…
63y · Female·Escherichia coli septicaemia in a lady with multiple comorbidities
…ed CT imaging over immediate antibiotic administration while awaiting blood culture results. She suffered cardiac arrest during scanning and died despite resuscitation. The coroner found that while antibiotics should ha…
51y · Male·Hyperthermia of unknown cause in a man with cardiac hypertrophy; chronic obstruc…
Arthur Andrianakis, 51, died from hyperthermia of unknown cause with cardiac hypertrophy and COPD. He presented to hospital with respiratory distress following police custody for ass…
61y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage and myocardial infarct
A 61-year-old man with extensive cardiac disease collapsed at a supermarket, striking his head and losing consciousness for less than 10 seconds. …
54y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage caused by blood loss and airway obstruction due t…
…continuation of the MET call at 12.17pm. Expert opinion concluded that with prompt posterior packing or angiography with arterial embolisation, the patient would likely have survived. Instead, he deteriorated into cardi…
35y · Female·aortic dissection with associated acute aortitis
…oroner found that despite appropriate sequential diagnostic reasoning, the dissection extended and caused cardiac arrest before diagnosis could be made. Even if diagnosed that evening, transfer to Adelaide for cardiotho…
43y · Female·Multisystem organ failure and hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy following anaphyl…
Peta Hickey, a 43-year-old company executive with no cardiac history, died from anaphylaxis to CT coronary angiogram contrast after her employer commissioned an inapp…
5y · Female·Cardiac and respiratory arrest probably connected with embolic stroke
…ld Aboriginal child with complex congenital heart disease (DORV with asplenia and situs inversus) died of cardiac arrest from embolic stroke. She had undergone initial BT shunt surgery but required a Glenn shunt, clearl…
35y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (post cardiac arrest) on a background of acute …
A 35-year-old man died by hanging in a medium-security prison while on remand. He was found unresponsive in his cell with a ligature around his neck. Despite immediate CPR, transfer to hospital and transfer to ICU at Fli…
72y · Male·acute cerebral infarction complicating acute myocardial infarction
…ood survival prospects (70-80%). When Bromage presented again on 1 March with fever and loss of appetite, cardiac causes were not considered. He collapsed that evening with extensive anterior myocardial infarction and t…
55y · Male·Multi-system failure complicating intra-operative haemorrhage due to inadvertent…
Robert Vivian Hawkins, a 55-year-old man, died from multi-system failure following inadvertent ligation of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) during laparoscopic nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. Dr L. misidentifie…
64y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest due to retroperiton…
A 64-year-old man died from hypovolaemic cardiac arrest caused by retroperitoneal bleeding from a pelvic fracture. The bleeding occurred six days post-inj…
25y · Female·ruptured splenic artery aneurysm with haemorrhage and internal blood loss
A 25-year-old pregnant woman (23 weeks) presented to hospital with sudden left upper quadrant abdominal pain and loss of consciousness. Clinical assessment identified renal colic and gallstones as likely diagnoses. She r…
43y · Male·Bilateral pulmonary thrombo-emboli; contributory factors included obesity, coron…
…t documented in hospital records. Paul was never transferred to Griffith Base Hospital for CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA)—the only test that could have definitively diagnosed PE. The coroner found that PE should have b…
54y · Male·Bowel ischaemia resulting from acute thrombosis of superior mesenteric artery an…
Anthony Barrett died from bowel ischaemia caused by acute thrombosis of his superior mesenteric artery and coeliac artery stents post-operatively. He had undergone left total knee replacement surgery at Fairfield Hospita…
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