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A nurse died from heart failure when her alarm
clock went off at 6am.
Lisa Browne, 27, had a heart disorder and the
shock caused it to stop.
Experts have discovered the paediatric nurse
suffered from the rare Long QT syndrome (LQT2).
The condition affects the electrical system of the
heart and can cause sudden unexplained death.
Mum Doreen Harley, 58, suspected her daughter
had died of the hereditary disorder and campaigned for a second inquest.
At the first 1998 inquest, an open verdict was
recorded on married Lisa, who worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
At a new inquest in Warrington yesterday, the
coroner for Cheshire, Nicholas Rheinberg ruled Lisa died from heart failure
due to LQT2 and recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.
Lisa's father, sister and two young nephews also
have the heart disorder.
Doreen, of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, said: "An
ECG test could well have saved Lisa's life."
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