Steve Larsen, the former Davis resident who went on to become a professional cyclist and champion triathlete, had coronary heart disease that led to a heart attack that killed him on May 19. (Read The Bee's earlier story on his death here.)
That's the autopsy report from the medical examiner in Bend, Ore., where Larsen collapsed while doing a track interval running workout. The Bend Bulletin quotes Steve Cross, the Deschutes (Ore.) County medical examiner as saying even fit athletes such as Larsen can have undetected artery blockage.
"Unfortunately, sometimes the first indication of heart disease is sudden death," Cross told the paper. "Nearly 1 million people will die this year, and about half of them will die of heart disease."
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