Betekenis van:
coronary artery disease
coronary artery disease
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries
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Voorbeeldzinnen
- I've got a bum ticker: coronary artery disease.
- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is used to treat coronary artery disease; the blocked artery is ‘bypassed’ by sewing (grafting) another blood vessel to the aorta at one end and to the coronary artery beyond the damaged area the other end.