61y · Male·Multiple injuries (head, spinal, trunk, pelvic and limb) sustained in a motor ve…
…he path of an oncoming truck. The most likely cause was a medical event (he was found to be obese with an enlarged heart at autopsy) or that he fell asleep. Road and vehicle conditions were appropriate, neither driver wa…
71y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
…Charles Dodd, a 71-year-old man with known coronary ischaemic syndrome and hypertension, died of ischaemic heart disease while in custody at Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Centre. Autopsy revealed severe atherosclerotic s…
56y · Female·Cardiomegaly
…man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, anxiety, hypertension, and COPD, died from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart with biventricular hypertrophy). She was found unresponsive on the toilet at her group home and cou…
67y · Male·coronary artery atheroma against a background of diabetes mellitus
…vealed significant coronary artery atherosclerosis with evidence of previous myocardial infarction and an enlarged heart. The coroner concluded death was due to acute coronary event rather than drowning. For clinicians: …
46y · Male·Complications of chronic alcoholism and hypertension
…ollapsed in the shower on 2 November and could not be resuscitated. Autopsy revealed fatty liver disease, enlarged heart, and elevated ketoacid levels consistent with alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA)—a potentially fatal meta…
51y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia in the setting of methylamphetamine use
…ased approximately 6-8 hours later, lying face down on a floor. Post-mortem examination revealed a mildly enlarged heart with elevated blood methamphetamine levels. This case highlights the cardiac toxicity of methamphet…
62y · Female·ventricular fibrillation associated with congestive cardiomyopathy
…bruary 1999 and suffered severe anoxic encephalopathy before dying in ICU. Post-mortem revealed a grossly enlarged heart (1,042g, three times normal weight) consistent with decompensating congestive cardiomyopathy. The c…
41y · Male·Cardiomegaly and Coronary Artery Disease with significant contributing condition…
…e CPR and resuscitation efforts, was pronounced dead at 12:38 PM. The post-mortem revealed a considerably enlarged heart with mild coronary artery narrowing and marked emphysema from smoking. He had recently commenced th…
72y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to right coronary artery thrombus and unstable plaqu…
Michael Richard Meerman, a 72-year-old man with schizophrenia and diabetes, died of ischaemic heart disease due to right coronary artery thrombosis. He was subject to a Mental Health Act Treatment Order and…
68y · Male·Cardiomegaly
…e was found unresponsive in bed and could not be resuscitated. The autopsy confirmed cardiomegaly with an enlarged heart (564g versus expected ~322g). No clinical errors or system failures were identified. The death appe…
46y · Male·Cardiomegaly
… at a supported residential service for people with intellectual disabilities and died from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart weighing 802g with biventricular dilation). The autopsy found no evidence of trauma, infection, or …
79y · Male·Valvular ischaemic heart disease in association with coronary arteriosclerosis
A 79-year-old prisoner with a long history of ischaemic heart disease and coronary arteriosclerosis suffered fatal cardiac arrest in his cell at Karnet Prison Farm. He …
77y · Male·multi-organ failure secondary to myocardial infarction
…ondary to myocardial infarction. He had multiple comorbidities including diabetes, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and heart failure. Pressure ulcers developed during his initial hospital stay and became colonise…
63y · Female·Cardiomegaly in a woman with aortic stenosis
…she collapsed with cardiac arrest and asystole while at the group home. Post-mortem examination confirmed enlarged heart with left ventricular hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, and calcified stenotic aortic valve with si…
52y · Male·salt water drowning
…and equipment factors contributed: severe obesity (132kg), emphysema with lung bullae, coronary atheroma, enlarged heart, tight-fitting wetsuit causing chest compression and hypoxia, and an exceptionally heavy weight bel…
44y · Male·Cardiomegaly
…old Aboriginal man with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance abuse history, died from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart due to concentric ventricular hypertrophy) while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. He presented…
30y · Male·Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
…er at Casuarina Prison Complex, died on 19 September 2001 from Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. He had a known heart murmur since childhood and Hepatitis C, and was noted to have elevated cholesterol and smoking concerns. I…
79y · Male·acute bronchitis on a background of cardiomegaly with coronary artery disease
Stanley Taylor, a 79-year-old man serving life imprisonment, died from acute bronchitis on a background of cardiomegaly with coronary artery disease. He presented to St Vincent's Hospital with chest pain and shortness of…
37y · Male·unascertained; likely sudden cardiac arrhythmia or snake bite
…m either a sudden cardiac event (supported by autopsy findings of cardiomegaly and family history of early heart disease) or snake bite, but cause remained unascertained. Medical evidence from forensic pathology indicat…
57y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity, predominantly propoxyphene (Doloxene)
A 57-year-old man died from mixed drug toxicity, predominantly propoxyphene (Doloxene), combined with benzodiazepines. His GP of 13 years prescribed Doloxene for 10 years despite documented alcohol abuse history, which w…
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