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Tim Stewart
12-04-2004, 01:02 PM
Copyright 2004 The Houston Chronicle Publishing Company
The Houston Chronicle

December 02, 2004, Thursday 3 STAR EDITION

SECTION: B; Pg. 3

LENGTH: 73 words

HEADLINE: GALVESTON COUNTY ;
Enlarged heart cited in death

SOURCE: From staff reports

BODY:

A Katy High School drill team member who collapsed after practice died from
an abnormally enlarged heart, an autopsy showed. Sara Krauss, 16, fell to the
gymnasium floor on the afternoon of Sept. 9 and was taken to Memorial Hermann
Katy Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Dr. Stephen Pustilnik, chief
medical examiner of Galveston County, said Wednesday that Krauss died from
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart.


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