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Coroner: H1N1 Victim Also Had Heart Condition
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Suburban Chicago officials say a 14-year-old girl whose death has been linked to H1N1 also had an undiagnosed heart condition.

Michelle Fahle, a Naperville North High School student, died Thursday.

The DuPage County coroner's office said Saturday that she had both the virus and a serious heart condition that "strongly contributed" to her death.

The coroner's office says Fahle had a progressive defect in her heart that made her health vulnerable before she contracted the H1N1 virus.

Officials say more testing is necessary before a final cause of death is issued.

Fahle's death would bring the state's total H1N1 deaths to 20. Since April, three H1N1 in the state have been in children younger than 19.

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