Rich Piana's Autopsy

Rich Piana's Autopsy
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The results are in and they're not what you'd expect...

Florida's District Six Medical Examiner has completed Rich Piana's autopsy (read the full report at MuckRock).

Here's what got reported:

-An enlarged heart (and 'significant heart disease')
-Mild coronary atherosclerosis (plaque buildup on the artery walls)
-Fatty liver
-Congested thyroid
-Congested kidneys
-Discolored kidneys
-Ischemic brain tissue (i.e. brain tissue that had lost blood supply)
-Necrotic brain tissue (i.e. dead cells)
-Brain edema (swelling)
-Ascites (accumulation of protein-containing fluid in the abdomen)

In addition, by far the lengthiest part of the autopsy's notes concerned his lungs, which were filled with fluid and swollen (bronchopneumonia pleural effusion wih edema), showed apparent fat emboli and micro-abscesses, plus displayed both acute and chronic inflammatory cells.

No cause or manner of death is given.

And it would be nearly impossible to determine cause of death with any certainty, as a result of Piana's severe heart disease and admitted (performance enhancing) drug use  plus the fact that he survived in a coma for 18 days in the hospital.

No toxicology tests were administered because the hospital discarded the specimens, despite an explicit request that they be retained.

Thats a bunch of b.s. Why even do all this work if the hospital threw out the specimens.
Anticlimactic to say the least.

If any of that is true, then Piana was a very fucked up dude. Good lord. Seriously?

pretty sure coke and recs will jack up the old lungs nicely. that and god only knows what the synthol and other site enhancing stuff does in your body when it breaks down. would have been nice to have seen the tox screening but then again they should have been able to do it on his blood and stuff after he passed away for the most part

the article came from Anthony Roberts

dam!! ol' boy had a list going.

as soon as it becomes public record anyone should be able to pull it from the country they did it in

lets face it. the lifestyle of a BB with all the gear and such there and then throw in alcohol and recreationals is a recipe for disaster.

RIP

sounds like a whole body shutdown