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Coronary Disease

"Coronary Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Coronary Disease" by people in this website by year, and whether "Coronary Disease" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 197 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 17 publications in 2004
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