10 results for “mechanical aortic valve”
59y · Female·acute cardiogenic shock, with acute mechanical obstruction of a remote mechanica…
…59, died during cardiac catheterisation at Liverpool Hospital when a pressure wire became trapped in her mechanical aortic valve. She had consented to a right heart study to investigate suspected constrictive pericarditi…
48y · Female·intracerebral haemorrhage on a background of anticoagulation therapy for a recen…
…ctive disorder. An initial ischaemic stroke resulted from non-compliance with warfarin (required for her mechanical aortic valve). During rehabilitation at Fiona Stanley Hospital, she refused both anticoagulant and antip…
49y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction complicating prosthetic valve thrombosis in a man wi…
Joshua Paul Coates, aged 49, died from acute myocardial infarction complicating prosthetic valve thrombosis following mechanical aortic valve replacement. Post-mortem examination revealed a large blood c…
87y · Male·Endobronchial and pulmonary haemorrhage secondary to pneumonia complicating chro…
…elective bronchoscopy for suspected lung lesion. The admitting respiratory team incorrectly documented a mechanical aortic valve replacement when he actually had a tissue valve; warfarin was for atrial fibrillation, not …
91y · Male·intracranial haemorrhage (subdural, subarachnoid and parenchymal) complicating r…
…rent falls at a nursing home. He had multiple comorbidities including metastatic prostate cancer, metallic aortic valve replacement requiring anticoagulation, and pacemaker. He suffered two significant falls within two d…
58y · Male·Hypertensive and valvular heart disease
…diac collapse in a prison pre-release unit. He had complex pre-existing cardiac disease including previous valve replacement and aortic surgery with severe left ventricular hypertrophy. The coroner found his medical man…
62y · Female·subacute subdural haematoma due to a closed head injury sustained in a fall from…
A 62-year-old woman on warfarin for a mechanical aortic valve sustained a head injury from a fall. A CT scan on day 5 post-injury identified a small extr…
43y · Female·Acute thrombosis of a prosthetic mitral valve
A 43-year-old woman with prosthetic mitral and aortic valves due to rheumatic heart disease died from acute thrombosis of her prosthetic mitral valve following …
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
This inquest examined three deaths of young Aboriginal women from Doomadgee (ages 18, 37, and 17) from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complications between September 2019 and September 2020. All three deaths were preventa…
86y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia
An 86-year-old woman with delirium, depression, and multiple cardiac comorbidities died by asphyxiation with a plastic bag while in a transitional care facility. She had expressed wishes to die, references to suicide, an…
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