Posted on 06/22/2002 12:39:36 PM PDT by dennis1x
Edited on 05/11/2004 5:33:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
As a Cardinal fan this has been an awful week.
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Or he was pushing himself, dog tired. So young. But didn't his Father die in his 40's from Heart Disease?
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As I understand it, you cannot get credit for a no-hitter or a shut out, UNLESS you complete the game, so it is not totally a thing of the past. "Sharing" a no-hitter does not really count.
As great of a pitcher as BAbe Ruth was, "his no-hitter" was not totally deserved since he left the game in the first inning, and Babe Ruths no-hitter was "shared".
Kile autopsy shows hardening of coronary artery
By Jeremy Kohler, Joe Strauss and Rick Hummel,
Of the Post-Dispatch
06/23/2002 02:30 PM
CHICAGO An autopsy today on Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile showed the 33-year-old pitcher had severe coronary atherosclerosis, or hardening of the coronary artery.
Dr. Edmund Donoghue, the Cook County Medical Examiner, said the hardening of the coronary artery could very likely have caused a heart arrythmia. The cause of death has not been officially determined and Donoghue said toxicology tests would be done. Those tests could take several weeks.
The medical examiner also said some marijuana was found in Kile's hotel room.
He stressed that he did not believe there was any relation between the marijuana and Kile's death. He didn't know if Kile had smoked any recently.
Hardening of the coronary artery is very rare in younger people, Donoghue said, although it's a common cause of death among older people.
Donoghue said it appeared that Kile died peacefully, not painfully.
Kile's brother, Dan, told officials that his brother had been complaining of pain in his right shoulder and of being very tired. Donoghue said those are signs he might have been having heart failure.
He also said that it takes years to develop hardening of the coronary artery. Kile had an 80 percent to 90 percent narrowing of two of the three branches of the coronary artery.
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Team officials said police had told them that Kile probably died eight to 10 hours before his body was discovered. He went to dinner Friday night with his brother at Harry Caray's restaurant and returned to the Westin Michigan Avenue hotel by 10:30 p.m., when he told shortstop Edgar Renteria that he was tired and was going to bed.
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Kile was married and the father of three young children. His wife, Flynn Kile, was in San Diego, attending to details for their new residence there, and was to fly to Chicago later Saturday.
Dr. James Loomis, the Cardinals' assistant team physician, said he could not speculate on a cause of death. Loomis added that heart arrhythmia and brain aneurysm are typically first pursued as the cause of death for men of Kile's age and fitness.
Kile's father, David Kile, was only 44 when he died Feb. 24, 1993, five days after suffering a blood clot in his brain.
Loomis said Kile occasionally took anti-inflammatory medication but was on no other prescription drugs.
Loomis said Kile had last undergone and passed a physical during spring training. Kile underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery in November that left him on a more conservative schedule early this season. . . .
Blocked artery is cited in Kile death
By Jeremy Kohler and
Deborah L. Shelton
Of the Post-Dispatch
06/23/2002 08:36 PM
. . . Donoghue said some marijuana was found on the bathroom counter in Kile's room at the Westin Michigan Avenue hotel. Toxicology tests will say whether Kile consumed any of the drug, although Donoghue emphasized he's "fairly sure" marijuana usage would not have factored into Kile's death. A Chicago police spokesman, Officer Carlos Herrera, said police would not confirm drugs were found. . . .
Hereditary condition likely
Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, occurs when yellowish, fatty deposits accummulate on the inner walls of the arteries of the heart. The buildup can cause blockages that impede the flow of oxygen-carrying blood, leading to a heart attack.
The buildup usually takes place over time as a person ages.
The condition would be "very unusual" in a person Kile's age unless he had a family history of premature coronary disease, said Dr. Megumi Taniuchi, co-director of interventional cardiology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.
"If someone that young has such severe blockages it suggests a genetic predisposition," he said.
Marijuana or tobacco smoke can cause a spasm in the coronary vessel and contribute to the problem, Taniuchi said. . . .
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