DESCRIPTION Also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischaemic heart disease, atherosclerotic heart disease, is the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the arteries that supply the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) with…

DESCRIPTION Medical problems involving the heart and blood circulation system, such as hypertension or coronary heart disease. The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, which supply blood…