(ANSA) - Rome, April 6 - A 29-year-old US seminarian found
dead in his room in Rome on Monday, Anthony Freeman, died of a
congenital heart condition, the Legionaries of Christ said after
an autopsy Friday.
Freeman died of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a condition in
which the heart's ability to pump blood is decreased because the
heart's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged
and weakened.
In some cases, it prevents the heart from relaxing and
filling with blood as it should.
Freeman, from Louisiana, was described as a sporty type who
had no bad habits.
He was found in his bed in the Legionaries of Christ
international college in the Italian capital.
US seminarian died of congenital heart (3)
Dilated cardiomyopathy to blame in Anthony Freeman's death