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It said she died of a heart attack after contracting bronchitis! Scary to think that something so minor can kill a person at a relatively young age given our me
by prbuckley 11y ago
It said she died of a heart attack after contracting bronchitis! Scary to think that something so minor can kill a person at a relatively young age given our medical system.
- kayoone 11y agoVery rare i guess but it happens. Even very young people sometimes die (>200k per year in the US) of sudden cardiac arrest for often no particular reason while being completely healthy.
- revelation 11y agoYoung people die sudden deaths from cardiac arrest due to congenital heart defects. People of her age and stature, on the other hand, suffer cardiac arrest from rather more predictable causes.
- et2o 11y agoSudden cardiac death is different from myocardial infarction (heart attack). Sudden cardiac death in younger people/athletes is usually due to hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, a congenital defect. In older people it is usually due to ventricular arrhythmias, which can have their own etiologies. Death resulting from an MI is typically more gradual, usually actually from complications of heart failure b/c the heart simply can't pump as well.
- kayoone 11y agoYes, my point was more about that sudden deaths happen in our society and sometime even our advanced medical possibilities can't really do something, probably was not clear enough.
- jcdavis 11y agoI feel bad for saying this so soon after her death, but from what I've heard she was a pretty heavy smoker. Watch your health, folks
- agumonkey 11y agoThen you have cuban singers that do none of that and live 105yo. Damn you nature.
- bluthru 11y agoShe was a heavy smoker.