Coroner: Kirk Urso died of a preexisting heart condition

Posted Sep 21, 2012
Rookie Crew midfielder Kirk Urso died of a preexisting heart condition that he likely did not know he had, Franklin County coroner Dr. Jan Gorniak said. The final autopsy report is being processed, but Gorniak said Urso died of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. “He had a sudden cardiac death because of this condition,” Gorniak said. (Columbus Dispatch)

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