My brother died of apparent heartattack this week?

Question

They say it was an apparent heartattack.No signs or symptoms. He was 41(smoker-moderate drinker)complained of faintness,laid on ground-turned purple from neck up and I guess was gone. No complaints of chest tightness-nothing! Coronor said no autopsy was needed.Could it have been a blot clot or anyrysm? He was raking the lawn. He was very active always doing things. I just dont understand.

Answer 1

if you want an autopsy, demand one. he died young, so i'd assume they'd do one. sorry for your loss.

Answer 2

My condolences to you. It is very difficult to loose a loved one suddenly.

The Coroner was speaking officially that there was no reason to consider foul play and therefore there was no need to perform an autopsy. He however was not speaking about the benefits that might be gained from family members. Of course knowing the cause of death would be helpful - especially to any first degree relatives.

The barrier to obtaining an autopsy is cost. It will have to be borne by your brother's estate or your family. It will not be covered by insurance, the state, a hospital or any other third party. The cost is about $2000.

Without any other information, guessing about your brother's cause of death is purely speculation. All that we know is it was sudden and lethal. Given your brother's age and health status, there is a short list of a few likely possibilities, but they are virtually indistinguishable from each other from the outside.

One other thought is the possibility of doing a full body CT scan. If I remember it is in the few hundred dollar range and would give you the most important information - heart disease, aneurysm, stroke, or some other massive physical abnormality. It would not give you toxicology information or if this was caused by a sudden heart arrhythmia, for instance. Regardless, you would get 90% of what you might gain from a physical autopsy...something to consider.

I hope this is helpful. Good luck and God bless.

Answer 3

I had two stents put in my heart when I turned 50. Never had any symptoms. This happens more frequently than one would guess. The only time I ever felt a slight heart attack was when the artery was occluded during the insertion of a stent.

Something was telling me for a number of years to pursue getting this checked up on. I smoked and drank and ate all the wrong stuff. Now I drink a little less, take meds , dont smoke, but still cheat on the food part.

I am sorry for your loss. Seems like the younger a person is, the less likely they will have symptoms and when it happens it seems to be more serious or fatal.

Answer 4

The same type thing happened to a girl at my work. Thud on the ground, turned purple, and it was over.

They actually did an autopsy on her because of her age, she was about 40 as well. It was a heartattack. They said that she was probably getting minor hearattacks all day leading up to it, but was dismissing it has just heart burn. I guess once things start clogging up in there it can build up and completely stop the blood.

I'm really sorry for your loss, and at such a young age.

Answer 5

I am sorry to hear this sad news. Some times we the educated people do not learn. You should have gone for an autopsy report to know the exact cause of the death. The cause will help all of us to be careful. Some ailments are hereditary so that the other living people can take precaution. He might had an acute heart attack and unfortunately he is no more to tell us what happened to him. We could have come to know from the autopsy report. Check the living style of the family members and take proper precautions now itself. My sincere condolences.

Answer 6

I am so sorry. They should have done an autopsy to tell what happened so you know. You and any other siblings should get your hearts checked and keep up with it every year! There was a story in the Readers Digest about a woman whose brother had died suddenly at an early age. He did
get his cause of death determined absolutely. The woman had weird symptoms, but the doctors figured out her heart problem and saved her life.

Again, I am so sorry for your loss. That is so hard to lose someone so out of the blue!

Answer 7

I am so sorry about your brother. I'm no Dr. but it sounds as though it may have been an anurism. I have two in the thorasic aorta and they are not operatable, at this time. Some times they can be there from birth, and no one knows until its to late. The Dr. says, for me, no heavy lifting or pulling so I don't cause it to rupture, not to get my blood pressure up, and watch what I eat, and all the long I was very active and kept up with teenage boys. I found out about the anurism by having another test done for something else. So think of all the precautions your brother hadn't been warned about because he didnt even know he may have had it. Again I'm sorry.

Answer 8

I am very very sorry this happened.

Unfortunately it was the smoking that did it. Smoking causes arterial spasms and severely damages the arteries and this leads to hard fibrous scar tissue biuld up (atherosclerosis) which leads to coronary heart disease

Your brother probably had a spasm


I am sorry



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Answer 9

your brother age's is unlike for a heart attack, but there are some predisposing diseases fort it in young people. I mean homocystenuria, hypertrophied sub aortic stenosis, familial hipercholesterolemia, cocaine use.
Its really important that you demand an autopsy and a close follow up of your brother's case, because most of these conditions have hereditary patterns (except cocaine abuse of course) and other members of the family could be investigated.
Hope it helps

Answer 10

As he was a smoker he probably must've had acute coronary spasm. Death occurs almost instantly without any previous symptoms. Autopsy must've shown congested coronaries. If you are not sure you could get a 2nd autopsy done.

Answer 11

It could have been something congenital that he was born with. At least an autopsy would give you some answers and at the very least, some closure. I'm sorry for your loss.