Natalie Cole Died From Pulmonary Hypertension

Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole’s family said the singer’s cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, which led to heart failure — according to the Associated Press.

Her family said in a statement that after Cole received a kidney transplant in 2009, she was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare lung disease that causes shortness of breath, dizziness and sometimes chest pain. Because Cole’s case was idiopathic, the exact cause is unknown.

Natalie Cole

The statement read:

(Cole) responded well to pulmonary arterial hypertension-specific agents over many years, during which she performed many concerts world-wide, but eventually succumbed to intractable right heart failure, an outcome that unfortunately commonly occurs in this progressive disorder.

Cole died last week at the age of 65. She had battled drug problems and hepatitis that forced her to undergo a kidney transplant.

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