coronary heart disease

English

Noun

coronary heart disease (uncountable, abbreviation CHD)

2. (medicine, cardiology) Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.

   Alternative form: CHD (initialism)

   Synonyms: CAD, coronary artery disease, IHD, ischemic heart disease

   Hypernyms: heart disease, CVD, cardiovascular disease < disease < condition

   Coordinate terms: CHD, congenital heart disease (not to be confused)

   Near-synonyms: ASCVD, atherosclerosis

Translations

disease of the heart

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冠心病 (zh) (guānxīnbìng)

• Finnish: sepelvaltimotauti (fi)
• Georgian: კორონარული არტერიული დაავადება (ḳoronaruli arṭeriuli daavadeba), კორონარული არტერიის დაავადება (ḳoronaruli arṭeriis daavadeba)
• German: koronare Herzkrankheit f
• Italian: coronaropatia f
• Polish: choroba niedokrwienna serca (pl) f, choroba wieńcowa (pl) f
• Russian: ишеми́ческая боле́знь се́рдца f (išemíčeskaja boléznʹ sérdca), корона́рная недоста́точность f (koronárnaja nedostátočnostʹ), корона́рная боле́знь f (koronárnaja boléznʹ)
• Vietnamese: bệnh tim mạch vành

See also

• heart attack
• MACCE
• MACE
• myocardial infarction
• stroke