coronary insufficiency

American

noun

Pathology.

inadequate blood flow to the heart muscle.

coronary insufficiency British

noun

inadequate circulation of blood through the coronary arteries, characterized by attacks of angina pectoris

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Wilson wrote later that they were “those of coronary insufficiency,” if not an actual heart attack.

From Washington Post

All of the studies followed participants to see who developed heart problems like heart attacks, heart disease or coronary insufficiency.

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