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coronary arteries

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  1. The two arteries that supply blood to the heart tissue.


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The Northern Trust say they currently offer it to heart failure patients who have had an ischaemic event, which is disruption of blood flow to the heart caused by disease of the coronary arteries.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024

They said testing revealed serious blockages in all her coronary arteries and told her, “You’re going to need open-heart surgery,” Ms. Mosson recalled.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2024

"Our results indicate that extreme evening chronotype may be linked not only to poorer cardiovascular health in general, but also more specifically to calcification in the coronary arteries calcification and atherosclerosis," Mio Kobayashi Frisk says.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Nor do I look forward to the likely open-heart surgery I will have for my now-70 percent calcified and blocked coronary arteries.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

The coronary arteries, at their origin from the aorta, and a considerable distance beyond, were ossified.

From Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by Warren, John Collins

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