"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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> Goomba wrote:
>>
>> Sheldon wrote:
>> > Mark Thorson wrote:
>> >> It might not have been a heart attack -- pulmonary
>> >> embolism has also been mentioned as a possible cause.
>> >
>> > Um, a pulmonary embolism is a heart attack. Do you know what
>> > pulmonary means, obviously not.
>>
>> No Sheldon, a PE isn't a heart attack. It can ultimately cause one (yet
>> not a given) and often mimics one, but it isn't one itself. The blood
>> clot travels to the lungs from the venous return and impedes blood and
>> gas exchange there.
>
> It now appears to have been a coronary embolism.
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...entry_id=27300

Possibly a result of the long flight from Rome the night before.