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coronary

[kawr-uh-ner-ee, kor-] / ˈkɔr əˌnɛr i, ˈkɒr- /


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Increasingly, people are also opting for a coronary artery calcium scan, or CAC, writes Sumathi Reddy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Increasingly, people are opting, too, for a simple, relatively affordable test: a coronary artery calcium scan, or CAC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

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 • Mar. 10, 2026

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 • Mar. 4, 2026

My father was a strong dude before he decided to throw in the towel and become obese, three manicottis shy of a life-ending coronary.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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