"Cutting to the chase"?
Right. So we may conclude that the cold water did not contribute to the man's death. He likely would have died during lunch.
I think you missed the point. An autopsy will reveal if he had atherosclerosis and suffered a heart attack. But he may in fact have developed a lethal arrhythmia on the basis of cold water immersion, without a pre-existing cardiac condition.
"Cutting to the chase"?
Right. So we may conclude that the cold water did not contribute to the man's death. He likely would have died during lunch.
I think you missed the point. An autopsy will reveal if he had atherosclerosis and suffered a heart attack. But he may in fact have developed a lethal arrhythmia on the basis of cold water immersion, without a pre-existing cardiac condition.