Coronary

[canadalynx]

Good day,

I don't work in Healthcare nor in Medicine.
I came across the word 'coronary' earlier today as in Coronary Heart Disease.
I know 'heart disease' is a generic term for a disease related to heart.
The coronary is also an adjective that means related to heart. I don't quite comprehend 'Coronary heart disease'.
Do Coronary disease and Heart disease convey the same meaning?
If anyone could shed some light, I would be grateful.

 

[probus]

I'd have agreed with you about the general meaning of coronary. But it seems that you and I are out of date because a google search for coronary returns almost exclusively results pertaining to coronary artery disease, also known as atherosclerosis. Also, here in Canada some people use "a coronary" as a synonym for a heart attack.

 

[canadalynx]

I'd have agreed with you about the general meaning of coronary. But it seems that you and I are out of date because a google search for coronary returns almost exclusively results pertaining to coronary artery disease, also known as atherosclerosis. Also, here in Canada some people use "a coronary" as a synonym for a heart attack.

Thank you for the reply.

Yes, I do understand the function of coronary in 'Coronary artery disease'. I have no issue with that.

Is there a reason why some Canadians use 'coronary' as a synonym for Heart attack instead of 'Coronary attack/coronary arrest'? A difference of terminology for common people and those who work in the medical sector?
Is there a reason to choose one over another as in coronary surgery and heart surgery? Does the term ' coronary heart surgery ' convey the same meaning or used for a specific condition?

Thanks

 

[jutfrank]

Do Coronary disease and Heart disease convey the same meaning?

No.

Heart disease is a catch-all phrase for a variety of conditions that affect the heart’s structure and function. Coronary heart disease is a type of heart disease that develops when the arteries of the heart cannot deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the heart. It is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Source: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-to...heart disease is a,death in the United States.

 

[canadalynx]

No.

Heart disease is a catch-all phrase for a variety of conditions that affect the heart’s structure and function. Coronary heart disease is a type of heart disease that develops when the arteries of the heart cannot deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the heart. It is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Source: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-to...heart disease is a,death in the United States.

Thanks for the reply.

If I understand correctly, one would say that Coronary Heart Disease refers to 'Coronary (Artery) Disease' or Atherosclerosis?
Do we even say or use 'Coronary disease'?

Thanks

 

[probus]

Do we even say or use 'Coronary disease'?

Ordinary people probably don't, or only rarely.

In my limited experience, medical people tend to use more specific terms. A heart attack, for example, is a myocardial infarct or infarction. There are also valvular diseases with their own specific names. If a general term is wanted, medical people often use "cardiovascular event".

 

[Skrej]

'Coronary' is sometimes used as a synonym for something like 'heart attack' as well here in the US.

For example, after getting frightened by a sudden loud noise, I might say "That damn near gave me a coronary." I might also complain about a stressful situation at work by claiming it's going to "give me a coronary".

 

[canadalynx]

'Coronary' is sometimes used as a synonym for something like 'heart attack' as well here in the US.

For example, after getting frightened by a sudden loud noise, I might say "That damn near gave me a coronary." I might also complain about a stressful situation at work by claiming it's going to "give me a coronary".

Okay, I will try again here.
Based on several inputs, if I may recapitulate here :

Coronary has the equivalence of 'heart attack (ordinary term) or myocardial infarction (medical term) especially in North America.
Hence, examples given above.

Coronary Heart Disease refers to Coronary Artery Disease, even if 'coronary' and 'heart' seem redundant.
Coronary disease is rarely used to refer "heart disease" even if coronary means "related to the heart" based on the classic definition in dictionaries.

I guess that's the nuance?

 

[emsr2d2]

Good day. Note that this is outdated and unnecessarily formal. If you need a greeting, stick with "Hello".

I don't work in healthcare [STRIKE]nor[/STRIKE] or in medicine.

I came across the word 'coronary' earlier today, as in "coronary heart disease. I know 'heart disease' is a generic term for a disease related to the heart. [STRIKE]The[/STRIKE] "Coronary" is also an adjective that means "related to the heart". I don't quite comprehend 'coronary heart disease'. Do "coronary disease" and "heart disease" convey the same meaning?

If anyone could shed some light on this, I would be grateful.

Note my corrections above, and my improvement to your layout. In post #1, you put each new sentence on its own line. That's not how we write. In general, your text should span the entire width of the text box, using relevant paragraph breaks.

 

[canadalynx]

Note my corrections above, and my improvement to your layout. In post #1, you put each new sentence on its own line. That's not how we write. In general, your text should span the entire width of the text box, using relevant paragraph breaks.

Thank you emsr2d2 for the corrections.
I will try to apply your advice in my future writings.