84y · Male·lower respiratory tract infection complicating congestive cardiac failure
Harold Leslie McInerney, 84, died from lower respiratory tract infection complicating congestive cardiac failure while detained under the Mental Health Act at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He was admitted for bleed…
83y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease complicated by atrial fibrillation, mitral valve regurgi…
…pbell, aged 83, died from acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) while driving. He experienced sudden cardiac decompensation manifesting as dyspnoea, altered consciousness, cyanosis, and loss of motor control, causi…
64y · Male·Complications of congestive cardiac failure on a background of cardiac hypertrop…
…ration. During his 8-day admission, he developed progressive shortness of breath, hypoxia, and multiorgan failure despite appropriate clinical responses including MET calls and investigations. Autopsy revealed congestiv…
61y · Male·congestive cardiac failure due to cardiomegaly with left ventricular hypertrophy
…is GP with shortness of breath for 4-5 days and tachycardia (HR 120). The GP diagnosed anxiety instead of cardiac failure, failed to ask critical discriminating questions (e.g., orthopnoea), and prescribed propranolol d…
72y · Female·Pneumonia as a consequence of chronic obstructive airway disease
…tember 2020 and was appropriately hospitalised on 29 September. Clinically, she deteriorated rapidly with cardiac arrest on 30 September, was resuscitated and intubated, but her condition proved irreversible. The corone…
57y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in a man with chronic schizophrenia
…heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiomyopathy, died from acute myocardial infarction or fatal cardiac arrhythmia at a specialist disability accommodation facility. He reported chest symptoms (dyspnoea, palpi…
87y · Female·coronary artery disease
Flora June Rasmussen, an 87-year-old woman with a history of congestive cardiac failure living in a disability residential facility, was found unresponsive on the floor while getting dr…
49y · Male·cardiac hypertrophy (longstanding heart disease) complicated by chronic renal fa…
Raymond McDonald, 49 years old, died in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre from cardiac hypertrophy with underlying chronic renal failure and ventricular arrhythmia. He had presented 16 times w…
36y · Male·Cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion
A 36-year-old man died from cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion. He had injected methylamphetami…
62y · Male·cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode
Michael Adams, aged 62 with chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode at a supported residential facility. During escalating psychotic be…
73y · Female·Combined effects of congestive cardiac failure, coronary artery atherosclerosis …
VA, a 73-year-old woman with mental health conditions and cardiac disease, died from congestive cardiac failure, coronary atherosclerosis, and cardiomegaly while an inpati…
51y · Male·Multiorgan failure in a man with corrected congenital coarctation of the aorta a…
Sean Raymond Adams, 51-year-old male with complex cardiac history including corrected coarctation of aorta, valvular disease, and biventricular heart failure, pres…
63y · Male·Unascertained - natural causes. Cardiac arrest with secondary hypoxic-ischaemic …
…propriate care including psychiatric reviews, a CT brain scan, and septic screen, he suffered unexplained cardiac arrest on 29 March 2024 while on the inpatient unit. Autopsy revealed hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy se…
71y · Male·end-stage cardiac failure on a background of ischaemic heart disease with dilate…
Keith Freeman, aged 71, died in custody from end-stage cardiac failure with ischaemic heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy. He had complex cardiac history including…
30y · Male·Unascertained; likely cardiac arrhythmia
…g drug-affected and paranoid behaviour. Post-mortem examination revealed an unascertained cause, likely a cardiac arrhythmia triggered by extreme physical and psychological stress, exacerbated by methadone use, methylam…
64y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy, secondary to cardiac arrest, secondary to myocardial inf…
… paranoid psychosis, poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac failure, and chronic obstructive airways disease died from hypoxic encephalopathy following myocardial in…
43y · Female·cardiac arrhythmia (unascertained), probably fatal cardiac dysrhythmia
A 43-year-old woman collapsed at home and was found in cardiac arrest after 20-25 minutes. Ambulance arrived and recognised ventricular fibrillation but failed to defib…
57y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…therosclerosis while in custody at Woodford Correctional Centre on 19 November 2011. He had a significant cardiac history including dilated cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, and congestive cardiac failure, and had be…
61y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia due to ischaemic heart disease causing loss of consciousness …
…severe underlying heart disease with coronary artery occlusion. The coroner concluded Mr Smith suffered a cardiac arrhythmia causing loss of consciousness while driving at low speed (≤35 km/h), resulting in the vehicle …
58y · Male·Hypertensive and valvular heart disease
Kevin McCracken, 58, died of hypertensive and valvular heart disease following sudden cardiac collapse in a prison pre-release unit. He had complex pre-existing cardiac disease including previous val…
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