Coronary Artery Disease: Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

The following symptoms and complaints may indicate coronary artery disease (CAD): Angina pectoris (AP; chest tightness, heart tightness). Sudden onset of retrosternal (“located behind the sternum“) pain* (of short duration; see below), left > right; usually radiating to the left shoulder-arm region or neck–lower jaw region as well as to the upper abdomen, back; pain … Coronary Artery Disease: Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

Coronary Artery Disease: Causes

Pathogenesis (disease development) The most common cause of coronary artery disease (CAD) is atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries) of the large coronary vessels. In second place is microangiopathy – narrowing of the small coronary artery branches (small vessel disease). In atherosclerosis, deposits of cholesterol, fatty acids and calcium are formed on the walls of … Coronary Artery Disease: Causes