79y · Male·Iatrogenic right ventricular injury complicating drainage of pericardial collect…
…ty finding the pericardial plane and inadvertently injured the right ventricle. Subsequent conversion to sternotomy resulted in extension of the initial tear requiring extensive Gore-Tex patching. The injury and repair c…
68y · Female·Haemorrhage secondary to right subclavian artery lacerations sustained during ce…
…ion prevented adequate manual pressure control. The patient arrested during neck exploration and despite sternotomy and vascular repair, died from hypovolemic shock and subsequent cardiac compromise. The expert review fo…
87y · Female·Pulmonary artery rupture complicating pulmonary artery catheter insertion in a w…
…medical care reasonable but noted institutional improvements: delaying PAC balloon flotation until after sternotomy, delaying anaesthesia induction until surgeon arrival, and improving staff awareness of subtle haemodyna…
52y · Female·laceration of the superior vena cava and right atrium during defibrillator lead …
… wall, causing a large laceration. This led to massive bleeding and cardiac tamponade. Despite emergency sternotomy, the patient died from exsanguination approximately 40 minutes after cardiac arrest. The coroner found t…
64y · Male·Complications of redo thoracotomy/aortic valve replacement in a man with ischaem…
A 64-year-old physician with significant cardiac history (prior CABG, pacemaker, congestive failure, and newly severe aortic stenosis) underwent redo thoracotomy for aortic valve replacement. During sternal re-entry, the…
12y · Male·Cardiac haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of congenital aortic stenosis (su…
…ch to the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) ruptured, causing catastrophic bleeding. He developed a sternotomy wound infection 9 days post-operatively, returned to theatre for debridement with VAC dressing on day 15…
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 Prison on 26 Novem…
43y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to haemopericardium and tamponade complicating ru…
Mr Trevor McDonald, 43-year-old male, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac tamponade complicating coronary angioplasty. During elective PCI at Frankston Hospital, he sustained right coronary artery perforatio…
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