Comments on: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/12/42-year-old-film-producer-dies.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/12/42-year-old-film-producer-dies.html/comment-page-1#comment-57471 Anonymous Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/12/19536.html#comment-57471 I thought carotid dissections had a pretty grim prognosis...with risk of death somewhere up near 75%...<br/><br/>Hoffman looks kind of overweight in his photos, not marfan-y, and he was young, but not super-young at 42. So I guess the horse here is MI with angina. <br/><br/> The reports sure did make a big deal about sudden serious neck pain, as if it had been his only symptom. I thought carotid dissections had a pretty grim prognosis…with risk of death somewhere up near 75%…

Hoffman looks kind of overweight in his photos, not marfan-y, and he was young, but not super-young at 42. So I guess the horse here is MI with angina.

The reports sure did make a big deal about sudden serious neck pain, as if it had been his only symptom.

]]> By: Greg P http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/12/42-year-old-film-producer-dies.html/comment-page-1#comment-57468 Greg P Wed, 07 Dec 2005 03:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/12/19536.html#comment-57468 Even a complete carotid occlusion from dissection would be unlikely to kill.<br/><br/>We had a patient at the hospital I mainly attend that died of multiple dissections after a roller coaster ride - very particular, very unusual situation. Even a complete carotid occlusion from dissection would be unlikely to kill.

We had a patient at the hospital I mainly attend that died of multiple dissections after a roller coaster ride – very particular, very unusual situation.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/12/42-year-old-film-producer-dies.html/comment-page-1#comment-57465 Anonymous Wed, 07 Dec 2005 02:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/12/19536.html#comment-57465 Run of the mill transverse myelitis. CJD and Doc Elliot are already enroute and on the case. Run of the mill transverse myelitis. CJD and Doc Elliot are already enroute and on the case.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/12/42-year-old-film-producer-dies.html/comment-page-1#comment-57460 Anonymous Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:46:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/12/19536.html#comment-57460 Yeah, atypical angina with MI. Yeah, atypical angina with MI.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/12/42-year-old-film-producer-dies.html/comment-page-1#comment-57458 Anonymous Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/12/19536.html#comment-57458 probably a run of the mill MI is my guess probably a run of the mill MI is my guess

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