DVT
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Join date : 2008-02-21
 |  Subject: Billy Mays  Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:33 pm | |
| Sounds like he passed from a PE  . Probably had heart disease, then had flown the previous day and was, like most people sadly, unaware of DVT/PE, developed a DVT that traveled to his lung or one developed there. I don't know, speculation on my part. I wish this message about DVT/PE would continue to grow world-wide, to save lives or not live in a debilitating condition. Thanks to Dero, hopefully all that see and read this forum, pass our message along. Here's a link to an article I read about this. http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/blog/2009/06/billy_mays_heart_disease.html | |
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RetiredNavy02
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Age : 60
Location : Connecticut
| | Subject: Re: Billy Mays Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:56 am | |
| Autopsy report declared the cause of death was due to hypertensive heart disease, not a PE. The wall of the left ventricle of his heart and one of his arteries were enlarged which is indicative of a heart attack.
Regards,
Tom | |
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DVT
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| | Subject: Re: Billy Mays Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:21 pm | |
| Sorry my bad, thanks for clarifying Tom. | |
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RetiredNavy02
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Age : 60
Location : Connecticut
| | Subject: Re: Billy Mays Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:17 pm | |
| DVT,
You are not the only person who saw something out there in webworld saying he died of a PE. People magazine posted he died of a PE; bad part was it mentioned that PE caused his heart attack. Someone on the People Magazine website didn't understand the mechanics behind a heart attack and difference between heart disease and a PE. | |
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