Citation

Schmidt P, Haarhoff K, Bonte W. Forensic Sci. Int. 1990; 48(2): 155-162.

Affiliation

Institute of Forensic Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, F.R.G.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2149358

Abstract

Thirty-nine autopsy cases of sudden natural death at the wheel were analysed with special respect to the questions if this is a peculiar problem of the elderly and if there are particular pathological features in the elderly. The ages ranged from 33 through 83 years and the median age was 56.4 years. 97% of the deaths were attributable to cardiovascular diseases, about 90% to coronary heart disease. People older than 60 years of age tended to exhibit severe chronical arterio-sclerotic changes of the coronary arteries, especially multiple calcified stenoses and myocardial scars, but there was a low percentage of recent thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery.

Language: en