(L.A.) Minas Kafouros, 46, Died on a Ship at Sea

Case Number: 2004-00047

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 46-year-old Caucasian male that occurred on a ship at sea.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Minas Kafouros.

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death: 4259

Other Significant Condition: Atherosclerotic Heart Disease

RIP MINAS KAFOUROS (February 26, 1957 – December 31, 2003)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

The decedent’s name appears to be Greek. Μηνάς Καφούρος

4259 was the ICD code for secondary cardiomyopathy, not otherwise specified.

Primary cardiomyopathies consist of disorders namely or predominantly confined to the heart muscle, which have genetic, nongenetic, or acquired causes. Secondary cardiomyopathies are disorders that have myocardial damage as a result of systemic or multi-organ disease.

Because many cardiomyopathies may predominantly involve the heart but are not necessarily confined to that organ, some of the distinctions between primary and secondary cardiomyopathy are necessarily arbitrary and inevitably rely on judgment about the clinical importance and consequences of the myocardial process.