36 results for “coronary angiogram”
82y · Female·Haemorrhage as a consequence of a compound fracture to the left ankle as a conse…
…kle sustained in a fall down stairs at her home on 24 May 2006, the same day she underwent a fluorescein angiogram for macular degeneration. The coroner's investigation examined whether the eye procedure contributed to …
55y · Male·Unascertained natural causes
…7 December with chest pain, tachycardia, and postural hypotension; investigations including CT pulmonary angiogram and echocardiogram were normal, and symptoms resolved with intravenous therapy. He was returned to Foren…
52y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…eart disease in July 2017. He had complex cardiac history including dilated cardiomyopathy, triple-vessel coronary disease, and previous cardiac procedures. Clinical lessons include: (1) medical information from communit…
55y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with a healing myocardial infarction
…al lesson centres on recognising that patients with multiple cardiac risk factors (smoking, hypertension, coronary artery disease) presenting with respiratory symptoms require careful assessment for pneumonia and cardiac…
71y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease
…mia, was admitted to hospital with chest pain 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-complian…
51y · Female·undetermined - either citalopram toxicity or ischaemic heart disease
…toxicology revealed a potentially lethal citalopram level, and autopsy showed significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. The cause of death was undetermined, as either citalopram toxicity or ischaemic heart dis…
48y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease in association with Coronary Arteriosclerosis
A 48-year-old Aboriginal man died of ischaemic heart disease with coronary arteriosclerosis while in prison custody. He had significant pre-existing cardiac disease and was diagnos…
76y · Male·combined effects of acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis
Pasquale Esposito, age 76, died in custody at Lyell McEwin Hospital from combined acute myocardial infarction and urosepsis. He had extensive cardiac history including prior MI, CABG, COPD, and recent stent placement. On…
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 di…
52y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hypotension in a woman with documented electrocardio…
…ped refractory seizures and hypoxic brain injury, dying four days later. Post-mortem examination revealed coronary artery disease, mitral valve prolapse, and multiple pulmonary emboli. The coroner found that electrocardi…
42y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to severe triple-vessel coronary artery atherosclero…
A 42-year-old man with known severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease died from acute ischaemic heart disease while working at height. He had refused recommende…
72y · Male·ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary artery disease
…diology review. He died at home the next day from myocardial infarction secondary to severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease. The critical omission was failure to order troponin testing despite chest pain presentati…
79y · Male·myocardial infarction
A 79-year-old man with significant comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease) was admitted to hospital with anorexia and weight loss. He developed acute confusion and delirium, initial…
82y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction caused by ischaemic heart disease
Francis Sawle, an 82-year-old man in custody, died of acute myocardial infarction due to ischaemic heart disease while an inpatient at Prince of Wales Hospital. He had significant comorbidities including severe triple ve…
66y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with emphysema as secondary cause
…omorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, emphysema, hepatitis C and possible malignancy, died from coronary atherosclerosis and emphysema. He presented with hip pain, shortness of breath and fever, initially diagn…
33y · Male·Decompensated congestive cardiac failure complicating acute myocardial infarctio…
…and steroid dependency presented with chest pain and light-headedness. Initial GP assessment missed acute coronary syndrome despite ECG changes on second visit. ED correctly diagnosed acute coronary syndrome with elevate…
70y · Male·Complications of Ischaemic cardiomyopathy and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Dise…
Stephen Pitty, aged 70, died from complications of ischaemic cardiomyopathy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease whilst in custody at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He had significant cardiac history including seven …
70y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man with intra-abdominal carcinoma and multiple co-morbidi…
…en from Oxiboots without medical supervision, which masked deterioration and delayed recognition of acute coronary syndrome; (2) repeated refusals of diagnostic investigations (colonoscopy/gastroscopy) for anaemia, delay…
Unknown·Three separate cases: (1) Ronald Grundy - advanced atherosclerotic coronary vasc…
…en died in custody in Tasmania between 2016 and 2017. Ronald Grundy (80) died of advanced atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease while hospitalised with pneumonia and gastroenteritis; his treatment was adequate and ap…
74y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction complicated by multiple organ failure
Ronald William Beaumont, 74, died from acute myocardial infarction complicated by multiple organ failure following a second shoulder washout procedure. Key clinical lessons: (1) Despite inadvertent withholding of dual an…
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