Andy irons why died

Three-time world surfing champion Andy Irons died at age 32 from a heart attack he suffered 30 hours after apparently taking cocaine, his family members said in releasing results of an autopsy and toxicology report. Irons, regarded as one of the world's greatest competitive surfers and big-wave riders, was found dead in November in a hotel home in Dallas, Texas.

It was reported then that he was suffering from the severe tropical disease dengue fever. An autopsy conducted by a medical examiner in Texas ruled out dengue fever and found Irons died from cardiac arrest due to a severe blockage of a main artery of the heart, his family said in a statement. The family asked independent forensic pathologist Dr Vincent Di Maio to review the autopsy report, and he concluded Irons suffered from hardening of the arteries.

The doctor also said that while hardening of the arteries usually begins to appear in people nearing the age of 50, Irons had a "genetic predisposition" to early development of the disease. The family said Irons caught typhoid fever five years ago, which could have resulted in damage to his heart muscle. The autopsy report lists a secondary cause of death as "acute mixed drug ingestion," and cited the presence of Xanax, which Irons used to treat anxiety and insomnia, in his system, according to the family.

Also found in Irons' body was the substance benzoylecgonine, which a second independent expert, forensic toxicologist Gary H7. Some high-profile figures, however, questioned whether breaking the story when Andy was alive would have changed anything. Brazilian star Caio Ibelli said he was tested at least six times in , with another surfer revealing the WSL added blood testing to the tour this year. Next month, the WSL will host the first World Tour contest in a wave pool, allowing it to schedule heats during primetime, with the technology also potentially opening the sport up to millions of new landlocked surfers.

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