Coronary artery disease
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- What Is Coronary Artery Disease? Coronary artery disease is atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries.
- What causes coronary artery disease?Coronary artery disease is caused by the buildup of plaque on the inside of your coronary arteries.
- Coronary Artery Disease is an occlusion (obstruction) of the coronary (heart) arteries resulting from atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis).
- The presence of coronary artery disease is most often confirmed by a noninvasive stress test or by cardiac catheterization.
- Coronary artery disease is caused by atherosclerosis, which is a gradual buildup of material inside the arteries.
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