Coronary artery disease
Narrowing of the heart’s arteries by plaque, the leading cause of heart attacks.
Prevention
Not smoking, healthy diet, exercise, control of blood pressure and cholesterol.
Prognosis
Manageable; lifestyle and treatment greatly reduce events.
Informational only — not medical advice.
Body systems
Organs
Functions
Related
- Aerobic exercise (↑)
- Omega-3 (↑)
- Walking outdoors (↑)
- Alcohol (↓)(HARMFUL)
- Nicotine (↓)(HARMFUL)
Books (4)
Research (12)
- Hypothyroidism: A Review Chaker et al. (2025) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Antithrombotic Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: JACC Scientific Statement Bonaca et al. (2024) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- What Causes Premature Coronary Artery Disease? Le et al. (2024) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Erectile Dysfunction and Coronary Artery Disease: Unfortunate Bedfellows Levine (2024) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Stable Coronary Artery Disease in the Age of Geriatric Cardiology Goyal et al. (2023) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Coronary Artery Disease Liu et al. (2020) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- How to explore coronary artery disease? Barone-Rochette et al. (2019) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism: A Review Biondi et al. (2019) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- 2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease developed in collaboration with EACTS: The Task Force for dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACT ESC et al. (2018) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine : Brussels, Belgium. 15-18 March 2016 Liu et al. (2016) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock, 2012 Dellinger et al. (2013) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2012 Dellinger et al. (2013) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
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