Atherosclerosis at autopsy in 12% of US service personnel

JAMA2012;308:2577-83OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

Among 3832 US service personnel who died in combat operations between 2000 and 2011, 12.1% had evidence of coronary or aortic atherosclerosis at autopsy. Some 8.5% had coronary atherosclerosis, which was severe in 2.3%. Most of …