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To: Smokeyblue

Autopsy: Breitbart died of heart failure, had enlarged heart

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/16/politics/breitbart-autopsy/index.html

Breitbart, 43, died on March 1 after collapsing on a sidewalk in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood. He was transported to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and pronounced dead about 40 minutes later when emergency physicians were unable to revive him.

According to the autopsy report, Breitbart had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2011 after being rushed by ambulance to the same hospital because he had shortness of breath.

He was released from the hospital after a few days in 2011, and he began exercising and dieting, the report said.

The 6-foot-3, 251-pound Breitbart was considered “a light drinker,” and he had 0.04 gram percent of alcohol in his blood and heart at the time of his death, the autopsy report said.


11 posted on 05/17/2012 10:16:06 AM PDT by Smokeyblue
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To: Smokeyblue
According to the autopsy report, Breitbart had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2011 after being rushed by ambulance to the same hospital because he had shortness of breath.

This is what I don't get. If his condition was that serious, why wasn't he on any kind of medication? There were no prescription meds found in his system.


16 posted on 05/17/2012 10:32:04 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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