Kiki died on November 15th 2005 of a condition known as anomalous origin of the coronary artery (AOCA). Unlike HCM and other congenital heart defects this is a physical birth defect where the left or right coronary artery is routed between the great vessels of the heart and attaches to the vessel on the opposite side. In Kiki’s case it was the left anterior descending coronary artery which was routed through the great vessels and attached to the right side in the same place as the right coronary artery. She never exhibited any symptoms due to this condition. For all purposes she was 100% healthy and was rarely ever sick. This is a rare condition and people (politicians) would have you believe that these cases are isolated. They tell us that it happens to so few people that its not worth paying much attention to. No one will ever pass legislation for testing because to be honest more teenagers die from car accidents each year than of sudden heart failure, a lot more. It seems pretty low on the priority list until….your son or daughter whom you’ve raised all their lives, put everything you had into giving them a good life dies from sudden heart failure.