Table 1.
Demographic data, death causes, and distribution of arterial territories available for pathological analysis of the 185 subjects.
| Gender (%) | |
| Male | 107 (57.8) |
| Female | 78 (42.2) |
| Age, years; median (IQR) | 34 (20–70) |
| Causes of death (%) | |
| Accident | 73 (39.5) |
| Homicide | 42 (22.7) |
| Asphyxia | 13 (7.0) |
| Nonvascular illness | 43 (23.2) |
| Pneumonia | 18 (9.7) |
| Other | 25 (13.5) |
| Vascular | 14 (7.6) |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 7 (3.8) |
| Intracerebral hemorrhage | 3 (1.6) |
| Pulmonary thromboembolism | 2 (1.1) |
| Acute aortic rupture | 2 (1.1) |
| Arterial territories available for pathological analysis of 185 subjects (%) | |
| Coronary | |
| Right coronary artery | 177 (95.7) |
| Left coronary artery | 179 (96.7) |
| Carotid | |
| Right | 185 (100) |
| Left | 181 (97.8) |
| Intracranial (Willis polygon) | 179 (96.7) |
| Renal | |
| Right | 169 (91.4) |
| Left | 170 (91.9) |
| Aorta | 177 (95.7) |