BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The toxicological report carried out as part of the investigation into the death of Diego Maradona revealed on Tuesday that there was no alcohol or illegal drugs in the body of the football star, but the presence of several drugs to treat his physical and mental health, legal sources reported on Tuesday.
The Attorney General’s Office of Sant Isidre, in charge of the case that seeks to determine whether there was any kind of malpractice around the health of the Argentine idol, who died last November 25 from a cardiorespiratory arrest, released a communicated after receiving toxicological and histopathological studies of the corpse.
Specifically, the blood sample analyzed and recorded in the legal chemical report indicates that levetiracetam (anticonvulsant drug) and desmethylvenlafaxine (antidepressant) were present in the body of “El 10”.
Venlafaxine (antidepressant), quetiapine (antipsychotic), naltrexoma (used to treat drug or alcohol dependence) and metoclopramide, used to treat nausea, were also detected in the urine.
Another analysis also found the presence of ranitidine, used to treat stomach problems.
Regarding the histopathological picture, the report states that Maradona suffered from liver cirrhosis, acute tubular necrosis associated with chronic renal pathology, myocardiofibrosis, subendocardial fibrosis and areas suggestive of acute ischemia, as well as non-occlusive calcified coronary atheromatosis and lung for asphyxia associated with exacerbated chronic lung pathology.
The Italian singer criticized the extensive coverage received by the death of the Argentine footballer.
Also the presence of siderophagous that “could be compatible with heart failure picture.”
There is more talk of focal glomerulosclerosis, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, and arterial hyperplasia in the sinoatrial node.
Maradona died at the age of 60 in the home of the province of Buenos Aires in which he was recovering from an operation for a cerebral hematoma performed in early November, among other diseases, and after his death an investigation was initiated to determine if there was any negligence in his treatment.
After his death, the Argentine judiciary began an investigation that so far has no formal defendants or detainees, although several searches and seizures have been carried out on the properties of neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, who treated Maradona and had participated in his intervention for a cerebral hematoma in early November, and his psychiatrist, Agustina Cosachov.
He also flattened the apartment where Maximiliano Trimarchi lives, who worked as a driver for the former footballer and confiscated his mobile phone.