| ONLINE EXTRAS SITE SERVICES Business 7-Day Archive PHOTO STORE » High-quality prints of Akron landmarks, cityscapes, nature scenes and more. » AP HEADLINES > Saturday, Oct 29, 2005 Business Posted on Thu, Jul. 28, 2005 Coroner's opinion bolsters plaintiff's case in Vioxx trial KRISTEN HAYS Associated Press ANGLETON, Texas - The pathologist whose 2001 autopsy of a Texas man is central to the nation's first Vioxx-related civil trial told attorneys in a deposition that his death from arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat, was probably brought on by a heart attack. "Arrhythmia does not spontaneously occur. Something must trigger it," Dr. Maria Araneta told attorneys on both sides of the lawsuit, according to a transcript of the deposition obtained by The Associated Press. She said Robert Ernst, whose widow, Carol, is the p
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