Atherosclerosis in the ancient world Video 3: 4/4
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Channel: The Lancet · 2013 · Science & Technology
Published: 11 March 2013 Three-dimensional (3D) volume rendered mvi.movie CT reconstruction of four mummies with calcifications in the distal aorta and iliac arteries. Aortic and iliac calcification in the mummy of a woman from ancient Peru (mummy 101), aged 41-44 years, of the Early Horizon to early intermediate period (900 BCE to 1000 CE), excavated from Huallamarca (near Lima), Peru. CE=common era. BCE=before common era. Read the article: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2813%2960598-X/fulltext Copyright: The Lancet
