Coronary artery disease (ischemic heart disease): causes, symptoms and treatment
Coronary artery disease is the formation of plaque in the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle). Coronary artery disease results in myocardial ischemia and can cause – depending on the severity and degree of myocardial ischemia – chronic coronary syndromes (stable angina) and acute coronary syndromes (heart attacks). Coronary heart disease prevention…