Coroner Collusion: Vascular Damage, Aortic Dissections and Aneurysms

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We have more NZ coronial reports to comment on. These cases relate to damaged blood vessels in the form of weakened and splitting vessel walls, and feature predominantly younger patients, in whom this is usually rare. Such cases should attract extra care and diligence to determine the precise cause. We present all these cases and worry that neglect seems to be the new normal.

We only have the coronial reports and not the pathologists’ reports so the information is limited and not as thorough as we would like. Coroner’s reports are publicly available documents while pathologist’s reports are not.

Aneurysm – swelling of a blood vessel wall
Dissection – splitting of the wall of a blood vessel into two layers
Rupture – bursting of the wall of a blood vessel

One weekend in mid 2021, a 20-yr-old man developed severe chest pain radiating to his jaw. The pain eased sufficiently that he could see his own GP 5 days later. He was assessed for chest pain that had resolved to slight discomfort only. Nil untoward was found including on ECG. It was thought he had had a flare up of asthma. He walked home and appeared well though told a friend during the night he was feeling a bit unwell. He was found dead in his room the next morning. He underwent a ‘lesser post mortem’ which found he died from a ruptured aorta and blood in the sac around the heart.

[A lesser post mortem can be a post mortem CT scan, external examination of the body and blood tests for toxicology, or can be the above +/- an internal assessment of one of the three body areas (head, chest or abdomen).]

It appears the chest has had an internal examination as the pathologist reported that the heart wall was thickened, and on microscopic assessment, the wall of the aorta showed inflammation with eosinophils (white blood cells often associated with allergy). The pathologist related this to his history of asthma but neither pathologist nor coroner has mentioned the potential role of covid vaccination in causing blood vessel inflammation. We find it unusual that a 20 yr old would have ‘hypertensive cardiovascular disease’ on his death certificate as high blood pressure generally takes decades to damage the heart and other organs.

Coroner Ryan has recorded the official cause of death as:

Cardiac tamponade (blood in sac around heart stopping it pumping)
Aortic rupture
Eosinophilic aortitis (inflammation of the aorta)
Hypertensive cardiovascular disease

In mid-2021, a 54-yr-old Pacific Island female developed chest pain, became distressed, then collapsed and became unresponsive. There were delays with the ambulance partly due to communication difficulties. She was unable to be revived and died at the scene. A post mortem examination found a haemopericardium (blood in the sac surrounding the heart). This had been caused by an aortic dissection and once again the pathologist put the aortic disease down to high blood pressure and obesity. There was other significant chronic disease in the heart and kidneys assumed to be caused by high blood pressure.

Coroner Anderson has recorded the official cause of death as:

Haemopericardium as a result of an aortic dissection

In Jun 2022, 43-yr-old Joanne Ingham was found dead in the motel unit she shared with her partner. She had last been seen alive the day before. A full post mortem examination was carried out and the cause of death was determined to be hypovolemic shock due to rupture of splenic artery aneurysm. Her situation was complicated by domestic violence, liver disease and high alcohol intake.

Coroner Fitzgibbon has recorded the official cause of death as:

Hypovolaemic shock
Rupture of splenic artery aneurysm

In late 2022, a 12-yr-old boy had been playing outside with friends but was later found distressed against a wall, clutching his chest and gasping for air. He collapsed and was unable to be revived. A post mortem found the direct cause of death was traumatic acute subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured left vertebral artery (artery at the back of the neck that supplies the brain) and blunt force trauma.

Coroner Tetitaha sought further advice about how such a tear could come about and was advised that forceful impact with either a tree or another child could have caused the injury. Apparently police interviews with other children confirmed that he had bumped his head against a tree in front of a water slide and also crashed into other children whilst on the waterslide. Coroner Tetitaha may not have been advised that covid vaccination can damage and weaken blood vessel walls making them prone to spontaneous rupture or rupture due to minor trauma. There is no comment about the histology of the vertebral artery i.e. was it inflamed, was the endothelium intact, was the elasticity intact etc?

Coroner Tetitaha has recorded the official cause of death as:

Traumatic acute subarachnoid haemorrhage
Ruptured left vertebral artery
Blunt force trauma

In Aug 2021 a 29 yr old footballer came off the field complaining of severe chest pain, then collapsed and died. Post mortem examination found an aortic dissection, but there is no mention of underlying causative conditions. He was referred to the Cardiac Inherited Diseases Group who recommended screening of other family members and following that genetic testing may be recommended.

Coroner Greig has recorded the official cause of death as:

Aortic dissection

In mid 2023, a couple of weeks after her booster vaccine a 61-yr-old lady complained of severe sudden chest pain, then collapsed and died. Her post mortem findings included dissection of the aorta with blood flowing back into the sac around the heart restricting and ultimately stopping pump function. Her aortic dissection was put down to high blood pressure despite death occurring shortly after a novel medical procedure (which was not mentioned by either pathologist or coroner).

Coroner Bates has recorded the official cause of death as:

Haemopericardium
Dissecting aortic aneurysm

In mid-2022, a 60-yr-old man developed jaw and chest pain, went blue, then collapsed and was unable to be resuscitated. A full post mortem examination was performed and blood was found in the sac surrounding the heart. The cause of this was a dissection in the wall of the aorta, which is the large main blood vessel that leaves the left ventricle of the heart. The pathologist surmised that high blood pressure was likely the cause of the damage to the wall of the aorta.

Coroner Bell has recorded the official cause of death as:

Haemopericardium (blood in the sac surrounding the heart)
Aortic dissection (split in the wall of the aorta)
Hypertensive cardiovascular disease (background of high blood pressure)

Other New Zealanders

We have written extensively about Divya Simon, a 31-yr-old nurse who died five days after her third covid vaccination of a ruptured coronary artery. Her death was fobbed off by pathologist and coroner as just one of those unfortunate things (which we agree do occur sometimes but when it occurs 5 days after a medical intervention known to cause damage to blood vessels, the suspicion has to be on the intervention, not fate!).

This 51 yr old man also died from a ruptured aorta but the coroner’s report has not yet been completed.

This young lady died of a subarachnoid haemorrhage, reportedly due to an aneurysm in a blood vessel in the brain. As she was in the navy we presume she had been mandated to receive covid vaccines.

Chris Cairns has had a variety of health issues since 2021 including an aortic dissection in Aug 2021 at the age of 51.

Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring

It is unlikely that any of these people’s deaths or medical events have been reported to CARM or had a formal pharmacovigilance assessment undertaken by suitably qualified experts using recognised criteria. There are only three reports of aortic dissection in the CARM database to Nov 2022 that do not correlate with the younger people above.

There will be other New Zealanders who have died from damaged blood vessels following covid vaccination who have not been reported to CARM. Only about 5% of adverse events are expected to be reported.

Description of blood vessel layers

This article refers to arteries which are muscular blood vessels exposed to higher pressures than the veins. The walls of these arteries are thick and strong and supported by elastic fibres that enable them to expand and contract with the heart beats. The arterial wall has three layers:

Intima – This is a thin layer composed of the endothelium, connective tissue and internal elastic membrane. The endothelium is the smooth inner lining which is in contact with the blood enabling it to flow freely.
Media – This is the thickest layer and contains the muscle fibres and elastic fibres that allow the vessel to adjust to pressure.
Adventitia – This outer layer contains the external elastic membrane and connective tissue as well as the vasa vasorum (small vessels that supply blood to nourish the blood vessel wall).

How does the mRNA vaccine cause damage to blood vessels?

The mRNA (genetic material) and lipid nanoparticles are distributed throughout the body via the blood stream following injection into the muscle. The vaccine ingredients come into contact with the inner lining of the blood vessels (endothelium) which can then be damaged by subsequent inflammatory and immune processes. The damage can weaken the vessel wall leading to splitting, swelling or bursting. Damage to the inner lining makes it prone to clotting. The short videos to follow explain this in more detail.

This book – mRNA Vaccine Toxicity – has useful sections which explain blood vessel damage in more detail.

3.1 mRNA vaccines are distributed throughout the body and prominently affect the blood vessels

4.3 Vasculitis induced by mRNA vaccination

4.3.3 Aortic dissection and rupture.

Dr Arne Burkhardt

One international pathologist who was curious and thorough was Dr Arne Burkhardt of Germany.

Although having decided to retire, he was asked to provide a second opinion on a number of cases of death following covid vaccination. Family members did not accept the initial pathology findings so he thought he would quickly clear things up for the families and set their minds at rest. However, he discovered that the vaccine was in fact causing harm in various organs and could be considered causal or at least contributory to a significant number of the deaths that had initially been put down to ‘natural causes’. He was unable to proceed with his retirement as he felt obliged to keep investigating what he was finding and to speak about it.

He gave a variety of presentations in English and German prior to his death in May 2023 showing and explaining what he was seeing in tissue samples. Below are some short clips from one of his final interviews which was an in depth discussion looking at the pathology of many organs.

In addition to standard pathology processes, Dr Burkhardt had access to immunohistochemistry staining that allowed him to demonstrate the presence of (vaccine induced) spike protein at many of the sites of inflammation. This staining has not been available in NZ.

The following short clips are taken from journalist Taylor Hudak’s in depth interview with Dr Arne Burkhardt in 2023. The full interview with Dr Burkhardt can be found here.

Damage to blood vessels (1.27 mins)

In this clip Dr Burkhardt explains the different ability of spike protein to damage the blood vessel inner lining (endothelium) when it is introduced via infection versus via vaccination. During infection the spike protein is less likely to have direct access to the endothelium.

Vasculitis and damaged endothelium (53 secs)

In this clip he demonstrates what a normal artery looks like under the microscope compared with an inflamed one that has lost its integrity. A ‘raw’ inner lining becomes a focus for clotting which can then damage the downstream tissues in whichever organ is affected.

Importance of elastic fibres (2.50 mins)

In this clip the role and importance of elastic fibres are discussed. These have been damaged in many cases by covid vaccination causing vessel walls to become weaker but also causing people to look older due to loss of elasticity in the skin.

Images of elastic fibres (6.40 mins)

In this video the elastic fibres are demonstrated on histology slides with images of normal elastic fibres and images showing destruction and loss of elastic fibres in the vessel (artery) walls and in the skin.

SAH in 29 yr old male with myocarditis and testicular spike protein as well (4.48 mins)

This clip demonstrates a sub-arachnoid haemorrhage but not from an aneurysm which is the usual cause in young people. This one occurred because a small vessel supplying the brain was inflamed and partly destroyed allowing blood to flow out of it onto the surface of the brain. The young man also had evidence of spike protein damage in his heart (myocarditis) and testes (loss of sperm producing cells). Dr Burkhardt concluded he died from exposure to a toxic agent.

Aortic dissection – 55 yr old male (5.50 mins)

This clip explains why blood vessels are prone to damage and discusses the case of a 55 yr old man who died from aortic dissection shortly after his second covid vaccine (Pfizer). The media (middle layer of the artery) was destroyed by inflammation allowing blood to get into the wall of the aorta. Dr Burkhardt discusses other causes of aortic dissection which include atherosclerosis and genetic variations affecting connective tissues in addition to inflammation.

The video at this link is another of his presentations (1hr 30mins). From 27.20 – 32.03 mins he discusses what has been observed in large blood vessels such as the aorta.

Dr Ute Kruger, pathologist

Another pathologist, Dr Ute Kruger, has authored a pathology atlas about covid vaccine damage. It is titled Vaccinated Dead and in it she describes many of the second opinion post mortem cases reviewed by Dr Burkhardt. She has also done interviews discussing her independent findings.

61 yr old man dissection of aorta (1.25 mins)

In this clip Dr Kruger shows the microscopic appearance of the aortic wall in a man who died due to an aortic dissection following covid vaccination. Swelling of the inner lining with infiltration of inflammatory cells is visible as well as some fibrous scar tissue.

The full interview with Dr Kruger can be found here (31 mins).

Lack of curiosity and scientific rigor

As we have said in other articles, we are aware people do die and that dissection and rupture of the aorta and other vessels were known causes of sudden death prior to covid vaccination.

We also note that it is easy and convenient for a pathologist to see a ruptured blood vessel and say that was the cause of death. It is also easy to suggest high blood pressure, smoking, obesity or trauma were the underlying cause of a ruptured blood vessel but that lacks intellectual, scientific and ethical rigor in the current context – being the post marketing surveillance stage of the rollout of a novel genetic injection that is known to cause damage to blood vessel walls.

Our concern in these highlighted cases (and likely many others not known to us) is that no-one has considered or commented on this important risk factor. At the very least, covid vaccination status and timing should be noted, and if vaccinated there should be confirmation that the blood vessel walls had not been weakened by inflammation, subsequent scar tissue and/or loss of elastic fibres. Covid infection status and timing should also be noted.

For most of these cases there is no description of the histology of the vessels i.e. was there inflammation, were the vessel walls weakened or swollen, were the elastic fibres damaged, was there atherosclerosis or blood clotting? Staining for the presence of vaccine induced spike protein has not been available in NZ meaning pathologists have to rely on other features.

It seems normal now that pathologists have noted a dissected or ruptured aorta or other vessel and that is the end of their investigation – limited or no curiosity about possible underlying causes. This is especially astonishing in the case of young people where degeneration of arteries is extremely rare indeed.

We should recall that the Coroner’s Act was changed in 2023, surely with very suspicious timing. Coroners no longer have to discover the circumstances of a death, only the immediate cause. A cardiac arrest or bleed or rupture is considered a “natural cause”, to the exclusion of any possible jab-related effects.. Our view is this has led to many deaths being wrongly attributed

We remain disappointed, disturbed and disillusioned by the dereliction of duty shown by pathologists and coroners.