121 results for “hypercholesterolaemia”
72y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
A 72-year-old man with a history of hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, and prior myocardial infarction died of ischaemic heart disease. He was under regular management …
66y · Male·Cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease secondary to obesity (WHO Class …
… Accommodation, died from cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease secondary to obesity and hypercholesterolaemia. He was found struggling to breathe in his bedroom on 9 April 2025 and despite CPR efforts by para…
74y · Male·Left cerebral ischaemic stroke caused by cerebral arterial cardioembolism
…ton Correctional Centre on 24 August 2022. He had significant risk factors including hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, and Alzheimer's dementia. Despite repeated clinical advice, he wa…
72y · Male·acute cerebral infarction complicating acute myocardial infarction
…without performing ECG or troponin testing despite Bromage's high-risk profile (age, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia). A cardiology expert concluded that testing on either date would have identified acute coronary s…
72y · Male·Unascertained natural causes
… 72-year-old man with Fragile X Syndrome and multiple comorbidities including atrial fibrillation, hypercholesterolaemia, and hypertension, was found deceased in his supported disability accommodation in Thornbury, Vict…
79y · Male·Atherosclerotic right internal carotid artery occlusion with resultant ischaemia…
…ar-old man with significant cardiovascular disease history (prior MI, triple bypass, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia) was admitted to psychiatric care under an Inpatient Treatment Order following suicidal ideation. …
50y · Male·Cardiomegaly and ischaemic coronary artery disease
…rdiac risk factors (family history of heart disease, prior coronary stent, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, smoking) collapsed in cardiac arrest on a V/Line train. Despite immediate CPR by an off-duty card…
61y · Male·ischaemic heart disease with left ventricular hypertrophy
…h left ventricular hypertrophy. He had significant cardiac risk factors including type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, age, male sex, and family history of early cardiac death. In February 2020, he presented with che…
45y · Male·Coronary artery disease due to severe atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarcti…
…n 2004. He had uncontrolled risk factors including smoking, poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes, and hypercholesterolaemia. The coroner found no failure of duty of care, as staff could not reasonably identify undisclosed …
69y · Male·Ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease
…iac death from arrhythmia. The deceased had multiple cardiac risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, obesity, atrial fibrillation) that were appropriately managed with medications. A coronial review…
63y · Male·pulmonary thrombo-emboli following coronary artery bypass grafting
…le significant comorbidities including Type 2 diabetes, morbid obesity (BMI 45), hypertension, and hypercholesterolaemia. Despite receiving appropriate VTE prophylaxis with unfractionated heparin 5000 units three times …
76y · Male·congestive cardiac failure
Richard John O'Connor, a 76-year-old prisoner, died of congestive cardiac failure at Prince of Wales Hospital after a two-week admission. He had a long history of cardiac disease including previous valve replacement and …
64y · Male·Acute anterior myocardial infarction and coronary artery occlusion
Leon James Thompson, a 64-year-old man with significant cardiac history including a recent myocardial infarction in December 2010, died from acute anterior myocardial infarction with coronary artery occlusion while resid…
66y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery atherosclerosis
Gregory Walter Heenan, a 66-year-old man with intellectual disability living in Specialist Disability Accommodation, was admitted to hospital on 12 April 2025 with vomiting and was diagnosed with ST-elevated myocardial i…
55y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in a man with multiple system atrophy (Parkinsonian type…
A 55-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease and multiple system atrophy (MSA) died suddenly in custody from natural causes. He presented with tremors and collapse in 2017, and was appropriately diagnosed with MSA Park…
67y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolus secondary to deep vein thrombosis in the setting of con…
A 67-year-old woman with obesity (BMI 35.88), type 2 diabetes and hypercholesterolaemia fell from a ladder on 14 December 2011, sustaining a partial Achilles tendon rupture. She was immo…
57y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease
A 57-year-old man with extensive medical history including ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and chronic airways disease died of acute myocardial infarction whilst being transferred by ambula…
46y · Male·Complications of diabetic nephropathy
A 46-year-old man with a 25-year history of schizophrenia, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, polysubstance abuse, and end-stage renal failure died from complications of diabetic nephropathy. He was admitted involuntaril…
78y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia on a background of advanced vascular dementia
Leonard John Warwick, 78, died on 14 February 2025 in Long Bay Hospital's Aged Care and Rehabilitation Unit while serving a life sentence without parole. He had advanced vascular dementia, hydrocephalus, type 2 diabetes,…
58y · Male·Cardiomegaly and severe single vessel coronary artery atherosclerosis in a man w…
David John McLeod, a 58-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit on 21 August 2012 following mental health deterioration. He presented with signs of infection, received app…
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