TABLE 1.

Clinical history

Subject	Age (yr)	Sexa	Immediate cause of death	Time (h) between death and autopsy
1	87	M	Alzheimer's	24
2	49	F	Respiratory failure: veno-occlusive disease (peripheral vascular disease)	17
3	66	F	Congestive heart failure, respiratory arrest	18
4	83	M	Pneumonia	22
5	77	M	Brain metastases	18
6	73	M	Multiorgan failure; pancreatitis	29
7	85	M	Sudden cardiac arrest	20
8	50	M	Metastatic pancreatic cancer	19
9	67	M	Arteriosclerosis	15
10	84	F	Parkinson's and Alzheimer's	16
11	73	M	Ruptured thoracic aneurysm; coronary artery disease; hypertension	26
12	58	M	Lymphoma	9
13	63	M	Chronic hepatitis with cirrhosis	17
14	60	M	Pulmonary fibrosis with pulmonary hypertension	12
15	47	F	Endocarditis; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	8
16	52	M	Sepsis	25
17	57	M	End-stage liver disease	12

^aM, male; F, female.