coronary heart disease
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- noun
- /ˈkɔrəˌnɛri hɑrt dɪˈziz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad coronaria
- Dean Ornish's work on coronary heart disease reversal is based on a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.
- risk of coronary heart disease
- history of coronary heart disease
- incidence of coronary heart disease
Your family history of premature coronary heart disease, that's genetics.
- Your family history of premature coronary heart disease, that's genetics.
- OK, so every time people try to get funding for, for coronary heart disease, they try to talk up just how important it is.
- We have the statin trials, which you see as a lower LDL cholesterol, you drive coronary heart disease risk down.
Examples
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OK, so every time people try to get funding for, for coronary heart disease, they try to talk up just how important it is.
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Two-thirds of women who die from coronary heart disease have had no previous symptoms.
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I nearly doubled my risk of coronary heart disease, making myself twice as likely to have heart failure.
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First, individuals with low fitness levels may be at increased risk of death from coronary heart disease.
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So coronary heart disease is associated with trans fats.
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In 1992, the American Heart Association added physical inactivity as a primary risk factor for coronary heart disease.
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The main risk factors for coronary heart disease are smoking, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes, and obesity.
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A high body mass index (BMI) during childhood is linked to an increased risk of coronary heart disease in adulthood.
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Data from observational studies suggest that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) reduces the risk of coronary heart disease.
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A new study shows that regular exercise can significantly lower the risk of coronary heart disease.
Synonyms
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A problem that makes the heart not work well
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A disease that affects the heart or blood vessels
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Arteries that bring blood to the heart become narrow or blocked by cholesterol and fat
Not enough blood flows to the heart muscle, causing chest pain
How Severe
- Specialized
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4.4
- Specialized
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2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a transparent medical compound: 'coronary' (relating to the arteries supplying the heart) + 'heart' + 'disease' straightforwardly yields a disease affecting the heart's coronary arteries. This compositional pattern is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can reasonably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Coronary heart disease comes from the idea that the main blood vessels sit like a ring or 'crown' around the heart, because coronary comes from a word for 'crown'. When these vessels become narrow or blocked, the heart gets less blood, so the phrase means the blood vessels around the heart are partly blocked and can cause a 'heart attack'.