Without treatment, nearly a third develop life-threatening cardiac complications.
Lee identified six independent variables that predicted an increased risk for cardiac complications.
A patient's risk for perioperative cardiac complications increased with number of variables that were present.
He died of cardiac complications while awaiting a heart transplant, a family spokesman said.
He doesn't seem to understand that even small doses of cocaine can cause serious cardiac complications and even death.
Death may occur as a result of cardiac complications.
The first patient did remarkably well and survived for over 4 years after treatment, but the other died within a month of cardiac complications.
"Which would've been feasible because of her history of cardiac complications."
The cardiac complications are the most important aspect of the disease.
A fourth set, however, died during surgery due to cardiac complications.