By
[http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Nidhi_Sharma/2439675]Nidhi Sharma
Coronary heart disease, Coronary artery disease (CAD)
and Ischemic heart disease (IHD) are synonyms and includes a bunch of disease
like stable angina, unstable angina, myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac
death.
Coronary heart disease develops when the arteries that
supply blood and oxygen to the heart itself gets blocked due to the cholesterol
or other substances gets deposited on the inner side of the blood vessels
called the plaque, this narrowing of arteries is called atherosclerosis or
arteriosclerosis. If it takes place in one of the major heart supplying
arteries then it causes heart attack, stroke or peripheral arterial disease
(PAD).
