14 results for “pericardial dissection”
51y · Male·Pericardial tamponade complicating Type I aortic dissection in the setting of lo…
…-headedness, pain radiating to his back, and pleuritic chest pain. Despite these classic signs of aortic dissection, no such diagnosis was considered by the medical team, including a consultant physician. No CT imaging w…
67y · Female·right coronary artery dissection following angiography stenting and attempted ro…
Margaret Richardson, 67, died from right coronary artery dissection during rotational atherectomy for treatment of occluded coronary artery. She had presented with ST eleva…
35y · Female·aortic dissection with associated acute aortitis
…estigation including troponin, ECG, CTPA and D-dimer testing. However, she suffered a rare Type A aortic dissection with acute aortitis, an extremely uncommon diagnosis in young women without typical risk factors. The co…
71y · Female·Haemothorax and haemopericardium secondary to ruptured dissecting aneurysm of th…
…prior myocardial infarction presented to emergency with sudden chest pain, jaw pain, and syncope. Aortic dissection was appropriately suspected and a contrast CT-aortagram was performed, which showed no dissection but re…
38y · Male·haemopericardium (pericardial tamponade) due to aortic dissection
James Maurice Smith, 38-year-old male, died from haemopericardium due to aortic dissection. He presented to ED on 9 June 2015 with severe back and abdominal pain, elevated lactate, and neurologic…
71y · Female·aortic dissection (Stanford Type A)
A 71-year-old woman presented to hospital with pericardial effusion causing cardiac tamponade, successfully treated by pericardiocentesis. The underlying cause wa…
55y · Male·ruptured dissection of the thoracic aorta
Tien Chung Nguyen, a 55-year-old male prisoner, died from rupture of a thoracic aortic dissection during emergency surgery at Royal Perth Hospital. He presented with chest pain and dyspnoea at Wooroloo …
79y · Male·Iatrogenic right ventricular injury complicating drainage of pericardial collect…
…n died from iatrogenic right ventricular injury sustained during attempted drainage of a post-operative pericardial effusion following coronary artery bypass grafting. During a minimally invasive sub-xiphoid procedure, …
47y · Male·pericardial tamponade secondary to ruptured dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm …
Salvatore Accardo, a 47-year-old with previously diagnosed Marfan syndrome, died from pericardial tamponade secondary to ruptured dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm. He presented to Austin Hospital ED…
55y · Male·cardiac tamponade resulting from proximal aortic dissection due to hypertension
…ting with acute severe chest pain, headache and jaw pain to a regional hospital was evaluated for aortic dissection. A CT angiogram was performed but the radiologist's verbal report contained ambiguities and omissions co…
Female·haemopericardium due to aortic dissection (all three cases)
Three elderly women died from acute aortic dissection at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia. Beverley Coats (73) presented three times in July 2016 wit…
74y · Female·haemothorax secondary to dissecting thoracic aorta
…sis after normal troponins. She was found collapsed at home 12 hours later with ruptured thoracic aortic dissection and haemothorax—a fully preventable death. The critical failure was not considering aortic dissection de…
75y · Male·Multi-organ failure secondary to cardiogenic shock and anterior myocardial infar…
…pital ECGs; failure to escalate despite diagnostic ECG changes; delayed CT aortogram (ordered to exclude dissection); and transfer to the 'cold' zone of ED despite evolving STEMI. PCI was eventually performed >10 hours p…
37y · Male·valvular and ischaemic heart disease
Eric Wumbie, a 37-year-old Aboriginal male prisoner, died from valvular and ischaemic heart disease on 13 April 2016 following intraoperative cardiac arrest during planned cardiothoracic surgery at Fiona Stanley Hospital…
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