What was mark sloan terminally ill with

A trach is easier to take of and a more secure airway. Having an endotracheal tube in the mouth and through the vocal cords for that long can cause damage.

Which is, compression of the heart caused by fluid collecting in the sac surrounding the heart. Mark was probably hit in his chest area during the plane crash. Also, when Mark was trying to free Lexie from underneath the piece of the plane she was stuck under, he most likely made the fluid building up in his chest worsen by the strain of trying to lift the bulky chunk of the plane.

Like Like. Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving this comment. Yea, I know they floated out the reason for this death was cardiac tamponade— the problem is— that is a HIGHLY treatable condition and Sloan was at a world renown medical center. That would have been much more believable and realistic. For the first comment, Mark was on life support, then not, that confused me too. The fact they did the crash, then the next episode Interns are afraid of Meredith and then back to the state of crash victims in next episode.

That is where the confusion of on and off life support came in. But I agree, about switching to a tracheotomy, but I think the need for the vent actually happens later then we thought? They really did make a weird exit with him having never given a cause and likely there intention to keep chatter going about him? Lost the will for life maybe? Wanted to be with Lexi in an afterlife? Thanks so much for leaving a comment.

It always bothers me on these shows when amazing hospitals cannot do amazing surgeries. I do think they could have done better, since they save people in amazing ways all the time, but he mysteriously dies.

Whoever said lost the will to live might have been on the right track. That could have been what happened. Maybe since all the great doctors that do innovative treatments were all involved in the plane crash, so no one knew how to fix him? I want more! I think Mark Sloan died of stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome. Like Liked by 1 person. Okay, Ellie. I might give you the win here. There is no way to die like that. They drained the pericardium in the field.

He was awake and talking after transfer to SGMW. No more tamponade. If his pericardium filled with fluid again, they would have taken him to surgery. An upbeat Mark appeared to be on his way to recovery; He was smiling, cracking jokes, and doing what he does best: flirting! But the Chief James Pickens Jr. Being a doctor, Arizona knew that the options for her infected leg were limited, but she refused to face it.

We also saw Mark have to make the agonizing decision to be taken off life support after 30 days of no improvement. This incident also left many fans asking what happened to McSteamy on Grey's Anatomy and why actor Eric Dane Sloan even left the show in the first place.

While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Dane talked about how the show wasn't just about one character and the characters' lives were headed in different directions.

He spoke about how he was interested in doing something different even though he loved the show. He mentioned that he would've done the show until the final episode but didn't want to pass up the opportunity at hand, back then. The latest episode of Grey's Anatomy reminded fans of the tragic incident which was Mark Sloan's death.

The episode however confirmed that Mark and Lexie did end up together. In the dream, Sloan tells Meredith that she's too early and can't join the world of the dead yet, to which Meredith explains that she doesn't know how to get back. When Meredith talks about her dreams about Derek, Mark tells her it's not up to him it's up to her. When Meredith asks Mark if he and Lexie are together, Mark tells her that it looks like they are together on the beach in Meredith's head.

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