Also known as: Heart failure
Denny is a heart transplant candidate whose LVAD wires are deliberately cut to worsen his condition and move him up the transplant list. He receives a heart transplant but dies from a stroke caused by a blood clot shortly after surgery.
Also known as: GSW
Burke sustains a gunshot wound to the right shoulder that causes a collapsed lung, damages the brachial plexus, and creates a pseudoaneurysm in the subclavian artery. He undergoes surgery to repair the damage with risk of permanent hand paralysis.
Also known as: Collapsed lung
Burke develops a tension pneumothorax as a complication of his gunshot wound, requiring emergency needle decompression.
Also known as: False aneurysm
A pseudoaneurysm forms in Burke's subclavian artery from the gunshot wound, causing compression of nerves and requiring surgical intervention to prevent permanent nerve damage.
Also known as: GSW
A shooter who wounded Burke attempts suicide with a gunshot to the head. The team resuscitates him despite his critical condition.
Also known as: Ovarian cancer
A 17-year-old girl who was previously treated for ovarian cancer presents with syncope after sexual intercourse. She is found to have recurrent metastatic cancer that is terminal.
Also known as: Brain tumor
Doc the dog has bone cancer that has metastasized to his brain, causing seizures. Derek and Meredith decide to euthanize him.
Also known as: Brain attack
Denny dies from a stroke caused by a blood clot that likely formed on his surgical sutures and traveled to his brain shortly after his heart transplant surgery.