coronary artery
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- noun
- /ˈkɔrəˌnɛri ˈɑrteri/
- Specialized
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arteria coronaria
- Low serum apoA1 levels have been reported in patients suffering from coronary artery disease.
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery bypass
- coronary artery spasm
And they slapped me open and they gave me a stent in the right coronary artery.
- And they slapped me open and they gave me a stent in the right coronary artery.
- They also had higher rates of cardio coronary artery disease mortality as well.
Examples
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The doctor explained that a blockage in the coronary artery can lead to a heart attack.
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Most of the patients had underlying co-morbid conditions like coronary artery disease, diabetes, and hypertension.
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We know that stress has an impact on coronary artery disease, on weight gain.
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Patients were excluded from the control group if they had any known coronary artery disease.
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Recently, they have been proposed as better markers to assess the risk of coronary artery disease.
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Crucially, this includes the coronary arteries, which supply oxygen to the heart muscle.
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Coronary heart disease arises when the coronary arteries of the heart are affected.
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Four patients required ICU stays due to underlying significant coronary artery disease and reperfusion syndrome.
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The intima was examined at the site of spasm in the coronary artery after the spasm was over.
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And that's what the coronary artery calcium scan actually looks for, is the calcium build up in these plaques in your heart arteries.
Synonyms
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An artery that carries blood to the heart muscle
A blood vessel that carries blood to the heart muscle
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'coronary' means relating to the heart and 'artery' is a blood vessel, so together they denote an artery supplying the heart. This noun–noun naming pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The term coronary artery comes from a Latin word for 'crown' because the coronary blood vessels wrap around the heart like a crown. These arteries carry blood to the heart muscle, so the name helps show they 'supply' the heart with blood.