variants:
or coronary artery disease
or less commonly coronary disease
Definition of coronary heart disease
: a condition and especially one caused by atherosclerosis that reduces blood flow through the coronary arteries to the heart and typically results in chest pain or heart damage
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The first known use of coronary heart disease was in 1888
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