Plaque accumulations

[Guest guest]

I really don't take issue with the article or the information. While I

don't know about Korea, all the KIAs I know of from Vietnam only

received cursory post mortem examinations, and this wouldn't have

included any arterial examinations of sufficient depth to find plaque,

but my knowledge is certainly not all inclusive.

Regards,

Don White

Texas

> Autopsies of many teenage soldiers who died in the Korean and

Vietnam wars found considerable evidence of deposits in their

arteries, which would, of course, only have gotten worse as time

passed. But no one would think to include people with that degree of

stenosis within the accepted definition of those with 'incident

cardiovascular disease'.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Don:

Here is a reference which mentions World War II as well as Korea and

Vietnam:

http://www.medicinenet.com/heart_attack_pathology_photo_essay/page2.ht

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Rodney.

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> I really don't take issue with the article or the information.

While I

> don't know about Korea, all the KIAs I know of from Vietnam only

> received cursory post mortem examinations, and this wouldn't have

> included any arterial examinations of sufficient depth to find

plaque,

> but my knowledge is certainly not all inclusive.

>

> Regards,

> Don White

> Texas

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> > Autopsies of many teenage soldiers who died in the Korean and

> Vietnam wars found considerable evidence of deposits in their

> arteries, which would, of course, only have gotten worse as time

> passed. But no one would think to include people with that degree

of

> stenosis within the accepted definition of those with 'incident

> cardiovascular disease'.

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