BOY HAD AILMENT OF HEART.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - A Desert High School football player who died after collapsing at football practice in August died from a bad heart, coroner officials said Tuesday. Raul Ramirez Jr., 17, was a new student who enrolled a week before his death Aug. 22 and wanted to go out for the football team, officials said. The cause of death was listed as idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Definition Cardiomyopathy is an ongoing disease process that damages the muscle wall of the lower chambers of the heart. , said Lt. Ed Winter of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Coroner's Office. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an excessive thickening of the heart muscle, often an inherited condition, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. The Cardiomyopathy Cardiomyopathy Definition Cardiomyopathy is a chronic disease of the heart muscle (myocardium), in which the muscle is abnormally enlarged, thickened, and/or stiffened. Association. ``Idiopathic'' means a disease whose cause is unknown or uncertain. Ramirez, who was 5-foot-9 and weighed 318 pounds, was walking through sprints when he collapsed shortly after 8 a.m. Coach Joel Sweitzer was placed on administrative leave while the Muroc Joint Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. investigated Ramirez's death. He was reinstated Sept. 3. Under a directive from the district, players and coaches were under strict instructions not to speak publicly on any aspect of the incident. Superintendent Bertha Boullion said the investigation by an independent investigator independent investigator Independent research investigator NIHspeak A well-established scientist whose research accomplishments have resulted in the bestowal of "tenure", ie, long-term commitment of salary, personnel and research resources from an insurance company was ongoing. She declined to comment on whether Ramirez had clearance from a doctor to play. ``We are waiting to see the rest of the information as it gets to us,'' Boullion said. Ramirez was living on the base with his sister, who is in the military, and his parents reside in Texas, district officials said. The morning practice on Aug. 22 was the second for Ramirez, his first being the afternoon on the day before. The team held practices in the morning and late afternoon to avoid the hot sun and kept lots of water on hand, district officials said. The temperature at the time Ramirez collapsed reportedly was in the mid- 70s, district officials said. Ramirez was taken by helicopter to Antelope Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:38 a.m., coroner's officials said. When the coaches called the family later that day to find out how Ramirez was doing, they said he had died, district officials said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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