131 results for “pre-existing cardiac disease”
31y · Male·Coronary artery disease in a man using synthetic cannabinoids
A 31-year-old man with pre-existing coronary artery disease and supraventricular tachycardia died suddenly after smoking synthetic cannabin…
38y · Female·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease with methamphetamine us…
A 38-year-old woman with chronic methamphetamine and cannabis abuse died from cardiac arrest at home. She had pre-existing severe ischaemic and valvular heart disease requiring multiple valve…
54y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and blunt trauma to cervical spine
JI, a 54-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died from global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma following a fall onto a metal grate during an altercation with another r…
82y · Male·respiratory failure
…uly 2023 when another vehicle failed to give way on Flagstaff Gully Link Road, Hobart. With significant pre-existing conditions including COPD, cardiac failure, and kidney disease, he sustained fractures to his femur, ri…
50y · Male·Acute methamphetamine toxicity
A 50-year-old man with significant cardiac history (previous stenting) died from acute methamphetamine toxicity. He had consumed a high concentratio…
35y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease with methylamphetamine effect in a man under physi…
A 35-year-old male with severe pre-existing ischaemic heart disease and recent cardiac arrest (April 2016) presented with increasingly erratic and …
76y · Male·Cardiomegaly, myocardial fibrosis and ischaemic coronary artery disease; cardiac…
Henry Portelli, 76, died in HM Dhurringile Prison on 16 March 2011 from cardiac arrest due to severe pre-existing cardiovascular disease. He had known heart disease, diabetes and renal …
47y · Male·combined effects of alcohol-induced central nervous system depression, hypotherm…
A 47-year-old man with longstanding alcoholism, hypertension, liver disease, and depression died from combined alcohol-induced central nervous system depression, hypothermia, and al…
51y · Male·ischaemic heart disease with myocarditis
Sajidu Rahman, a 51-year-old Rohingya man, died suddenly from ischaemic heart disease with myocarditis at a Christmas Island detention centre shortly after arrival by boat. He had a pre-exist…
57y · Male·Abnormal cardiac arrhythmia due to electric shock; contributing cause: coronary …
Stephen Leonard Viner, a 57-year-old handyman, died from an abnormal cardiac arrhythmia triggered by electrical shock while investigating a failed sump pump in a flooded basement. He…
70y · Male·organising diffuse alveolar damage in the setting of hypertensive heart disease,…
A 70-year-old man died in prison custody from organising diffuse alveolar damage in the setting of pre-existing hypertensive heart disease, right ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery atherosclerosis, and COPD. H…
64y · Male·hypertensive and valvular heart disease
A 64-year-old man died in custody from hypertensive and valvular heart disease. He had pre-existing cardiac disease diagnosed in 2008, including mild aortic stenosis and left ventricul…
58y · Female·cardiac arrhythmia caused by a combination of pre-existing myocarditis and the a…
…health staff. Ms Miller had appropriate cardiometabolic monitoring while on clozapine. Autopsy revealed pre-existing myocarditis and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. The coroner concluded the most likely cause of…
71y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motorcycle crash
…aunceston General Hospital where he underwent an above-knee amputation. His recovery was complicated by pre-existing serious medical conditions including cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, and kidney failure. …
87y · Female·cardiogenic shock and tricuspid regurgitation secondary to traumatic papillary m…
…ospital's ICU and died on 7 January 2014 after consciously declining surgery due to her poor prognosis. Pre-existing heart conditions were significant contributing factors. The crash resulted from the driver's error—an i…
77y · Male·acute myocardial ischaemia due to heart disease
Graeme Clem Bell, a 77-year-old man living in a campervan, died of acute myocardial ischaemia due to pre-existing heart disease while in his van between 26-31 August 2019. He was found deceased on his bed after a comm…
53y · Male·Coronary artery atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly in a man using synthetic cannab…
A 53-year-old man died of sudden cardiac arrhythmia while travelling on a train. Autopsy revealed coronary artery atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly…
70y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
A 70-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, dementia, diabetes, hypertension and aortic stenosis died suddenly of acute myocardial infarction while …
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 a…
55y · Male·cardiac arrest in the setting of methylamphetamine toxicity, with possible serot…
Angelo Gioscio, aged 55, died from cardiac arrest in the setting of methylamphetamine toxicity with possible serotonin syndrome, complicated by pre-…
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