Support and information for any person affected by cavernous angioma of the brain and spine.

Fukumoto said that he knew of no connection between the use of performance-enhancing drugs and cavernous angioma.

He required emergency brain surgery for a cavernous angioma and after four weeks of recovery, returned to the helm of the Astros and guided the team through the duration of the season.

The seizure was caused by a congenital abnormality of blood vessels in her brain called cavernous angioma, said Dr. Richard Fukumoto, the chief forensic pathologist for the Orange County, Calif., coroner's office.