coronary artery disease
disease characterized by plaque building up in the arteries of the heart
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Summary
coronary artery disease is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,435 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: artery disease[3], cardiovascular disease[4]
- Commons category: Coronary artery disease[5]
- Said to be the same as: coronaropathy[6]
- Afflicts: coronary artery[7]
- Has cause: arteriosclerosis[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ischemic heart diseases[9]
- Described at URL: http://datos.bne.es/tema/XX539369.html[10]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11]
- Has effect: myocardial infarction[12], angina pectoris[13]
- ICD-9-CM: 410-414.99[14], 414.0[15], 414.9[16], 414.00[17]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C35505[18], C50625[19], C26732[20]
- Health specialty: cardiology[21], pediatric cardiac surgery[22]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: gemfibrozil[23], simvastatin[24], eptifibatide[25], colestyramine[26], atorvastatin[27], fluvastatin[28], colesevelam[29], lovastatin[30], dextrothyroxine[31], fenofibrate[32], tirofiban[33], sulfinpyrazone[34], probucol[35], cerivastatin[36]
- Genetic association: PPP1R12B[37], UBE2Q2P1[38], ATXN3[39], ARMH3[40], CAPS2[41], CDH9[42], KCNK13[43], KCNQ3[44], LRP6[45], MSI2[46]
Why It Matters
coronary artery disease has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]