[Sarah Barracuda]

RIP Andrew..at least we know now what happened. I will never forget you Andrew

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RIP Andrew..at least we know now what happened.

Do we?

[Texas Songwriter]

Here is the thing. The coroner assigning the cause of death as 'Heart Failure' seems improper. In medicine we generally use the term 'heart failure' to connote 'Congestive Heart Failure', NOT coronary artery disease. Now, to be sure, coronary artery disease may lead to enlarging of the ventricles with inadequet pumping ability and it might lead to a chronic condition which in medicine we refer to as heart failure (congestive heart failure). In cardiology coronary artery disease refers to the encroachment of plaque into the lumen of the coronary artery with can lead to a moment in time when there is an infarction (deprivation of oxygen to a segement of the heart muscle) and that can lead to a dysrhythmia and if that dysrhythmia diminishes cardiac output substantially, then there could be a sudden death. Congestive Heart failure is mostly a chronic disease.

Was he on digoxin? Did he have a history of cardiac dysrhythmias or ischemia. Was there evidence of infarction?

The coroner has notl told us very much, or at least this article does not indicate so.

If he died of complications of CAD the death certificate should read, Immediate cause of death-cardiac arrest DUE To Ischemic heart disease DUE TO Myocardial Infarction DUE TO Coronary Occlusive Artery Disease DUE To Cholesterol Plaque of the Anterior Decending Coronary ARtery.

It may well be that the reporter just seized upon the term 'heart failure'.

[Cincinna]

Rest in Peace, dear Andrew. You were an American original- a hero and patriot for the digital age.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Andrew’s wife, Susie, and his children, his parents, siblings, an in laws.
Andrew will definitely be missed.