about dmoz | help

Top: Health: Conditions_and_Diseases: Cardiovascular_Disorders: Heart_Disease: Coronary_Artery_Disease

A condition in which the coronary arteries-those that feed the heart muscle itself-are narrowed. As a result, the blood supply to the heart muscle is decreased. The narrowing is almost invariably due to the buildup of fatty plaques on the inner walls of the arteries.

Copyright © 1998-2009 Netscape