By Michael O’Riordan
Baltimore, MD – Dr Nicholas Fortuin, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, passed away this weekend [1]. He was riding his bicycle when he collapsed and died. Although the exact cause of death is unknown, colleagues believe he suffered a heart attack. He was 69 years old.
Dr Nicholas Fortuin
“It was completely unexpected, very tragic,” Dr Gordon Tomaselli (Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD) told heartwire. “One of the things that Nick loved besides teaching and taking care of patients was bicycling. He was a very robust and vigorous guy, so this is really quite a shock to all of us. He’s been a fixture at Hopkins ever since I’ve been here, and I came here in the mid-1980s.”
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https://www.theheart.org/article/1066819.dooldId.20100414215238688