<p>MINNEAPOLIS -- World Wrestling Entertainment star Eddie Guerrero died of natural causes related to heart disease, while past <a href="http://www.mesomorphosis.com">steroid use </a>and the use of narcotic pain medication may have been contributing factors, officials said Thursday. </p>
<p>Guerrero, a star of Stamford, Conn.-based WWE's "Smackdown!" died Nov. 13 in Minneapolis, where he was supposed to film a show. His body was found on the floor of his hotel room after he failed to respond to a wakeup call. </p>
<p>Guerrero, 38, died from "natural causes related to arteriosclerotic heart disease," which is a hardening and narrowing of the arteries that supply the heart with blood and oxygen, the medical examiner's report said. </p>
<p>Guerrero also had an enlarged heart and other enlarged organs related to a history of anabolic steroid use, said Dr. Kathryn Berg, the assistant chief medical examiner in Hennepin County who conducted the autopsy. Guerrero also had recently used narcotic pain medication. </p>
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<p>Guerrero, a star of Stamford, Conn.-based WWE's "Smackdown!" died Nov. 13 in Minneapolis, where he was supposed to film a show. His body was found on the floor of his hotel room after he failed to respond to a wakeup call. </p>
<p>Guerrero, 38, died from "natural causes related to arteriosclerotic heart disease," which is a hardening and narrowing of the arteries that supply the heart with blood and oxygen, the medical examiner's report said. </p>
<p>Guerrero also had an enlarged heart and other enlarged organs related to a history of anabolic steroid use, said Dr. Kathryn Berg, the assistant chief medical examiner in Hennepin County who conducted the autopsy. Guerrero also had recently used narcotic pain medication. </p>
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