17 results for “thoracic aortic dissection”
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 dysp…
71y · Female·Haemothorax and haemopericardium secondary to ruptured dissecting aneurysm of th…
…sion and 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 dissecti…
64y · Male·Consequences of metastatic oesophageal carcinoma with Stanford B dissection thor…
…Xavier, a 64-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic oesophageal carcinoma with a contributing Stanford B thoracic aortic dissection. He was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in July 2019 after presenting with dysphagia …
34y · Male·Haemopericardium due to dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm
A 34-year-old man with a bicuspid aortic valve presented to ED twice on 5 September 2017 with chest pain. On both occasions, the ED was at full cap…
57y · Female·Haemopericardium complicating ascending thoracic aortic dissection
…ged after normal troponin serial testing. She died five days later from haemopericardium due to ascending thoracic aortic dissection. Multiple red flags for aortic dissection were documented but not recognised. The coron…
30y · Male·Haemopericardium caused by ruptured dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm
…tal with chest pain and was diagnosed with a chest infection/pleurisy. He died from a ruptured dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm with haemopericardium. A trainee doctor raised concerns about possible aortic dissection,…
74y · Female·haemothorax secondary to dissecting thoracic aorta
…letal pain diagnosis 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 aor…
46y · Female·hemopericardium secondary to dissection of the thoracic aorta
Iman Kassis, a 46-year-old woman with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type 4 and known severe aortic regurgitation with dilated ascending aorta, presented to the ED on 8 October 2008 with sudden-onset severe…
69y · Male·thoracic aortic aneurysm with dissection
Peter Hanisch, a 69-year-old man, died from thoracic aortic aneurysm with dissection on 22 August 2021. He presented to Calvary Hospital on 19 August 2021 wit…
40y · Male·haemopericardium complicating ascending thoracic aortic dissection
…e was discharged on day 2 with a diagnosis of reflux. He died two days later from rupture of an ascending thoracic aortic dissection with haemopericardium. Post-mortem imaging revealed widened mediastinum on the initial …
60y · Female·haemopericardium following thoracic aortic dissection Type A
…terisation. Doctors discharged her at 4 am with provisional diagnosis of infection, missing signs of acute aortic dissection. She collapsed at home 4 hours later and died from haemopericardium secondary to thoracic aorti…
57y · Female·Haemothorax following acute thoracic aortic dissection in a woman with congenita…
Sally Hopwood, 57, with Turner syndrome, coarctation of the aorta, and bicuspid aortic valve, presented to ED on 23 March 2012 with severe acute back and chest pain (8/10). A chest X-ray reveal…
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…
76y · Male·exsanguination secondary to pulmonary aortic fistula and thoracic aorta aneurysm…
Allan Phipps was a 76-year-old man with a known thoracic aortic aneurysm and severe depression admitted to Austin Hospital in October 2012 for unstable angina and…
47y · Male·pericardial tamponade secondary to ruptured dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm …
…th previously diagnosed Marfan syndrome, died from pericardial tamponade secondary to ruptured dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm. He presented to Austin Hospital ED on 22 February 2008 with chest pain, diaphoresis, and…
71y · Male·Multi organ failure due to post-operative bleeding following endoluminal thoraci…
William Colhoun, 71, underwent complex endovascular repair of thoracic-abdominal aortic aneurysm at St Vincent's Private Hospital on 1 December 2008. He developed post-operativ…
57y · Female·Combined features of moderately stenosed right coronary ostium, aortic valve reg…
…roup home, died suddenly from acute cardiac arrhythmia secondary to multiple heart abnormalities including aortic valve disease, mitral valve disease, coronary artery stenosis, and cardiomegaly. She also had known aortic…
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