Table 1 Numbers of causes of death assessed at autopsy, PMCT, and PMMR in alphabetical order. Autopsy was tested against PMCT, PMMR, and PMCT + PMMR using Fisher’s exact test or chi-squared test (* p > 0.05, ** p < 0.05, and *** p < 0.01). No tests were conducted for groups with less than 5 cases or when the imaging numbers were zero

Cerebral hemorrhage

6

6*

6*

6*

Cerebral inflammation

1

0

1

1

Cerebral infarction

1

1

1

1

Coronary thrombosis and/or myocardial infarction

12

0

11*

11*

Myocarditis

2

0

1

1

Pericardial tamponade

5

5*

5*

5*

Existing/underlying myocardial disease

12

0

7**

9*

Pulmonary embolism

10

0

8*

8*

Pneumonia

23

19*

14**

22*

ARDS/lung failure

4

3

2

3

Multi organ failure

2

0

0

0

Acute pancreatitis

2

2

2

2

Sepsis

9

0

0

0

Neoplasms

11

8*

9*

9*

Ileus

3

3

2

3

Internal hemorrhage due to dissection/aneurysm

11

11*

11*

11*

Unclear/undetermined

6

5*

5*

5*

Total

120

62***

84***

96***