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post #1 of 7
5/24/10 at 12:01pm
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Jose Lima, one of baseball's All Time most entertaining figures passed on this weekend, he was 37 years old.

 

Here's a great article about who he was:

 

http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/05/23/limas-time/#more-3451

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post #2 of 7
5/24/10 at 12:40pm

I can't open the link right now at work, but, I loved Lima when he was with the 'Stros. Talk about a ball park ruining your career, though. He went from a 20 game winner to a 20 game loser because of the move from the Astrodome to then Enron Field and was lit up like a Christmas tree. The 'Stros had traded Brad Ausmus that year, too, which didn't help Jose any. Needless to say, he was gone in 2001. Too bad!

I was dismayed to hear about his untimely death. I'm just supposing here, of course, but cocaine is not a good thing

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post #3 of 7
5/24/10 at 2:12pm
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He had heart issues, I doubt it was in anyway drug related.

 

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post #4 of 7
5/24/10 at 2:25pm

Really...the only patients that I've seen with such premature cardiac disease had diabetes. A structural defect would have been caught with team physicals-unlike regular folks, MLB players routinely have ETTs and/or/echocardiograms

Steroids can also cause premature atherosclerosis. Cocaine can, too, as well.

I just Googled Jose Lima and heart problems-the result is only the current event. So, unless you can find the link that elucidates Lima's cardiac disease that existed Saturday, I think the board certified internist knows a bit more. In any case, toxicology takes about 6 weeks to come back. I can't imagine any ME willing to certify a death in a 37 y/o without an autopsy

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post #5 of 7
5/24/10 at 2:50pm
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Originally Posted by csavage View Post
 I can't imagine any ME willing to certify a death in a 37 y/o without an autopsy


... but you're willing to say it WAS cocaine. nice.

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post #6 of 7
5/27/10 at 8:23am
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5219865

 

 

Originally Posted by csavage View Post

Really...the only patients that I've seen with such premature cardiac disease had diabetes.

Steroids can also cause premature atherosclerosis. Cocaine can, too, as well.

 

So, unless you can find the link that elucidates Lima's cardiac disease that existed Saturday, I think the board certified internist knows a bit more.

 

 

 

 


 

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post #7 of 7
5/28/10 at 8:23am

What difference dows it make whether or not it was lifestyle or genetic defect, or some combination?  Suddenly dying at 37 is very tragic and sad for all those left behind.  

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