Actor and artist Jansen Panettiere, the younger brother of “Nashville” and “Heroes” actor Hayden Panettiere, died suddenly of heart complications, his family said.
“It is with great sorrow we share the tremendous, untimely loss of our beautiful Jansen. Though it offers little solace, the Medical Examiner reported Jansen’s sudden passing was due to cardiomegaly (enlarged heart), coupled with aortic valve complications,” his mother Lesley Vogel, father Skip Panettiere and sister said in a Monday statement obtained by The Times.
Cardiomegaly isn’t a disease but rather a sign of another condition that could be causing the heart to increase in size, according to the Mayo Clinic. Heart damage and certain types of heart disease can cause an enlarged heart, as well as short-term stress on the body.
