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coronary

[ UK /kˈɒɹənəɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈkɔɹəˌnɛɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
ADJECTIVE
  1. surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)
    coronary arteries

How To Use coronary In A Sentence

  • A unit increase in the oral hygiene index was associated with a 1.12-fold increased risk of coronary heart disease in younger men.
  • The shop is the first chippy in the borough to get the Heartbeat Award, given by the council to firms which try to help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
  • Coronary flow velocity signals were sampled at a preselected fixed distance of 5.2 mm from the device tip to minimize turbulence caused by the presence of the measuring device.
  • The nonfamilial work showed a strong relationship between the NPY gene variants associated with coronary disease, according to the study published in the Jan. 2 online edition of PLoS Genetics. WebWire | Recent Headlines
  • recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has raised a number of questions about the long term patency of endoscopically harvested saphenous veins that are collected and used for coronary artery bypass grafts. Medgadget
  • Even though their HDL levels decreased, these patients showed reversal of their heart disease using state-of-the-art measures such as quantitative coronary arteriography, cardiac PET scans, thallium scans, and radionuclide ventriculography in randomized controlled trials published in leading peer-reviewed journals. Cholesterol: The Good, the Bad and the Truth
  • These drugs can slow the force of contraction of the heart and dilate the coronary arteries, thus reducing the demand for oxygen and increasing supply to the heart.
  • An ascending dissection occasionally can occlude the ostium of a coronary artery and lead to myocardial infarction.
  • The catheter is inserted either at the front of the elbow, for investigation of the neck arteries (a carotid angiogram), or in the groin for a coronary angiogram.
  • He underwent the procedure in which a wire mesh tube is inserted into the coronary artery to clear a blockage. Times, Sunday Times
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