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CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries
Synonyms:
atherosclerosis; coronary artery disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("coronary artery disease" is a kind of...):
arterial sclerosis; arteriosclerosis; coronary-artery disease; hardening of the arteries; induration of the arteries (sclerosis of the arterial walls)
Context examples:
European guidelines on cardiovascular prevention state that people who are isolated or disconnected from others are at increased risk of developing and dying prematurely from coronary artery disease.
(Loneliness Is Bad for Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A terminology codelist to describe the extent of coronary artery disease.
(CDISC SDTM Coronary Vessel Disease Extent Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Terminology associated with the coronary artery disease symptoms codelist of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
(CDISC SDTM Coronary Artery Disease Symptoms Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
A terminology codelist to describe the relative risk of coronary artery disease.
(CDISC SDTM Coronary Artery Disease Risk Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A terminology codelist that contains symptoms associated with coronary artery disease.
(CDISC SDTM Coronary Artery Disease Symptoms Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Also called CAD and coronary artery disease.
(Coronary heart disease, NCI Dictionary)
Causes include hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, chronic high blood pressure, aortic stenosis, and aging.
(Diastolic Dysfunction, NCI Thesaurus)
The most common heart disease is coronary artery disease (narrow or blocked coronary arteries), which can lead to chest pain, heart attacks, or stroke.
(Heart disease, NCI Dictionary)
A terminology codelist associated with coronary artery disease presentation.
(CDISC SDTM Coronary Artery Disease Presentation Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease.
(Coronary Artery Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
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