     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: ON JULY 13, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS RELEASED FROM COLUMBIA CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER AFTER UNDERGOING A CARDIAC CATHERIZATION AND DOUBLE BY-PASS SURGERY.  EN ROUTE HOME HE BECAME UNCONSCIOUS WITH NO PULSE OR RESPIRATION.  HIS SON PULLED OVER AND FLAGGED DOWN A TOW TRUCK THAT CALLED 911.  FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO PAN AMERICAN HOSPITAL.
     HE ARRIVED IN THE E/R INTUBATED WITH CPR IN PROGRESS, BUT IT WAS TO NO AVAIL AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 5:00 PM.
     HE HAD A HISTORY OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND WAS UNDER THE CARE OF DR. HIRSCHMAN (221-7235).  DR. HIRSCHMAN REFERED HIM TO A CARDIOLOGIST, DR. MAS (858-3494) WHO PERFORMED A CARDIAC CATHERIZATION WHICH REVEALED TRIPLE VESSEL DISEASE.  HE THEN UNDERWENT OPEN HEART SURGERY AT CEDARS ON JULY 10,1996 AND WAS RELEASED JULY 13, 1996.
     
     *THE FAMILY REQUESTED AN AUTOPSY*