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”)
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)
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.
SOURCE:
https://medium.com/@anthonyroberts/rich-pianas-autopsy-630ccb12ca33