Coronary artery disease

Coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease (CAD), ischaemic heart disease, atherosclerotic heart disease, is the end result of the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the arteries that supply the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) with oxygen and nutrients. While the symptoms and signs of coronary heart disease are noted in the advanced state of disease, most individuals with coronary heart disease show no evidence of disease for decades as the disease progresses before the first onset of symptoms, often a "sudden" heart attack, finally arise. After decades of progression, some of these atheromatous plaques may rupture and (along with the activation of the blood clotting system) start limiting blood flow to the heart muscle. The disease is the most common cause of sudden death, and is also the most common reason for death of men and women over 20 years of age. According to present trends in the United States, half of healthy 40-year-old males will develop CHD in the future, and one in three healthy 40-year-old women. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Northern Ireland is the country with the most occurrences of CHD.
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Noun
1. a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls
(synonym) atherosclerosis
(hypernym) arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease

Noun
1. sclerosis of the arterial walls
(synonym) arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries
(hypernym) sclerosis, induration
(hyponym) atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease

A narrowing of the lumen of coronary arteries that makes blood flow to the myocardium inadequate, or occlusion of a coronary artery. The usual cause of such narrowing is atherosclerosis.

see coronary heart disease.