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*[[AKA]] ''coronary artery disease'', abbreviated ''CAD''. | *[[AKA]] ''coronary artery disease'', abbreviated ''CAD''. | ||
*[[AKA]] ''atherosclerotic heart disease'', abbreviated ''ASHD'' | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Greater than 75% (diameter) stenosis - considered significant.<ref>Chamberlain. March 7, 2008.</ref> | *Greater than 75% (diameter) stenosis - considered significant.<ref>Chamberlain, D. March 7, 2008.</ref> | ||
*Leading cause of morbidity and mortality, esp. in the elderly. | *Leading cause of morbidity and mortality, esp. in the elderly. | ||
*''Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease'' is particularly fatal.<ref name=pmid10580359>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kanjwal | first1 = MY. | last2 = Carlson | first2 = DE. | last3 = Schwartz | first3 = JS. | title = Chronic/subacute total occlusion of the left main coronary artery--a case report and review of literature. | journal = Angiology | volume = 50 | issue = 11 | pages = 937-45 | month = Nov | year = 1999 | doi = | PMID = 10580359 }}</ref> | |||
Clinical presentations: | |||
*Stable angina. | |||
*Unstable angina. | |||
*[[Myocardial infarction]]. | |||
*Sudden cardiac death. | |||
Note: | Note: | ||
* | *''Coronary artery atherosclerosis'' is '''not''' the only type of ''coronary artery disease''... but it is by far the most common; thus, CAD is generally considered synonymous with ''coronary artery atherosclerosis''. | ||
====Stenosis definition==== | ====Stenosis definition==== | ||