To: buccaneer81
"Cardiomyopathy can enlarge the heart. It may be viral or chemically induced by alcohol or drugs, including those prescribed by an MD."Enlargement of the heart can also be caused by athletes who overdo the exercise. This also causes a slow pulse. I don't think this the case in Russert't death.
36 posted on
06/13/2008 9:22:33 PM PDT by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
To: blackbart.223
Enlargement of the heart can also be caused by athletes who overdo the exercise. This also causes a slow pulse. Yup. I think that's what killed Hank Gathers, basketball player at Loyola in 1993.
38 posted on
06/13/2008 9:25:41 PM PDT by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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