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It is a condition that has been studied and documented little in the context of paleopathology, especially in the framework of forensic anthropology. This article analyzed the skeletal remains of 71 individuals (35 females and 36 males) from the Lu\u00eds Lopes Identified Collection of the National Museum of Natural History and Science in Lisbon, 31 of whom had an autopsy report. An attempt was made to ascertain whether these bone elements resulting from atherosclerotic calcification would resist cadaveric decomposition and whether they would be recoverable several years after burial, and a survey was carried out of their distribution according to sex and age, as well as their association with other pathologies, such as osteoporosis and cardiac and renal pathologies. An imaging analysis of an atherosclerotic plaque was also carried out to complement the macroscopic analysis and present other methods of identifying plaques. It was concluded that each atherosclerotic calcification has a unique profile, which can be useful for identification, especially in cases where the individual shows a severe condition. In terms of identification potential, the analysis of calcified atherosclerotic plaques can be useful, as they can corroborate or reject an identification. However, it always requires the existence of ante-mortem imaging exams and must always be used in addition to other identification methods. Regardless of the identification, these plaques are bone elements resulting from a pathology and should, therefore, be known and recognized by the scientific community.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/biology13020066","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,23]],"date-time":"2024-01-23T07:22:32Z","timestamp":1705994552000},"page":"66","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The Identification Potential of Atherosclerotic Calcifications in the Context of Forensic Anthropology"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Sara","family":"Monteiro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Cal\u00e7ada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, 1150-334 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0480-209X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francisco","family":"Curate","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Coimbra, Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS), Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Cal\u00e7ada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Susana","family":"Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Administra\u00e7\u00e3o e Pol\u00edticas P\u00fablicas, Instituto Superior de Ci\u00eancias Sociais e Pol\u00edticas, Museu Nacional de Hist\u00f3ria Natural e da Ci\u00eancia, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua Almerindo Lessa, 1300-663 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2998-371X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eug\u00e9nia","family":"Cunha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Cal\u00e7ada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, 1150-334 Lisbon, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"331","DOI":"10.1161\/01.ATV.0000110786.02097.0c","article-title":"Patterns and Risk Factors for Systemic Calcified Atherosclerosis","volume":"24","author":"Allison","year":"2004","journal-title":"Arterioscler. 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