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Coronary Heart Disease

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Coronary artery disease

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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a condition in which the arteries that supply the cardiac muscle, the coronary arteries, develop reduced luminal size due to the presence of atherosclerosis.

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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a condition in which the arteries that supply the cardiac muscle, the coronary arteries, develop reduced luminal size due to the presence of atherosclerosis (Antman et al. 2008). Atherosclerosis is a progressive condition that starts as fatty streaks and may result in plaque development and ultimately in flow-limiting narrowing or occlusion of coronary arteries. The clinical manifestations of CHD include conditions such as angina, myocardial infarction, and heart failure. Angina, or chest discomfort, develops due to an imbalance between myocardial oxygen demand and the available blood supply. In myocardial infarction, plaque rupture and clot formation at the site of rupture result in occlusion of the artery and...

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    William Whang

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  1. University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

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Whang, W. (2019). Coronary Heart Disease. In: Gellman, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_396-2

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