coronary
Example Sentences
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For instance, the NHS has not invested in CT coronary angiogram machines, which allow clinicians to scan hearts to check if they are diseased.
From BBC
Each additional daily serving was linked to more than a 5% increase in the likelihood of heart attacks, strokes, or death from coronary heart disease or stroke.
From Science Daily
Cardiologists favor this approach to stress testing to exclude coronary artery disease because it is relatively inexpensive, it is noninvasive and it yields a good deal of information about the structure of the heart.
From MarketWatch
The court heard that following his death pathologists carried out a post mortem and found he had a coronary artery condition.
From BBC
Their earlier work had shown that small contractile cells called pericytes tighten coronary capillaries during the early stages of ischemia, a condition that occurs when the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen-rich blood.
From Science Daily
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