coronary artery disease

English

Alternative forms

• CAD (abbreviation)

Noun

coronary artery disease (uncountable)

1. (pathology, cardiology) Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.

   Synonyms: coronary heart disease, ischemic heart disease

Hypernyms

• atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Translations

disease of the heart

• Arabic: مَرَض الْقَلْب التَّاجِيّ m (maraḍ al-qalb at-tājiyy), دَاء الشَّرْيَان التَّاجِيّ m (dāʔ aš-šaryān at-tājiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冠狀動脈疾病／冠状动脉疾病 (guānzhuàng dòngmài jíbìng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sepelvaltimotauti (fi)
• French: maladie coronarienne f
• German: koronare Arterienkrankheit f
• Hungarian: koszorúér-betegség
• Polish: choroba niedokrwienna serca (pl) f, choroba wieńcowa (pl) f
• Russian: корона́рная недоста́точность f (koronárnaja nedostátočnostʹ)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: koroner arter hastalığı

See also

• heart attack