Is coronary artery disease the same as heart disease?

However, coronary heart disease , or CHD, is actually a result of coronary artery disease, or CAD, said Edward A. Fisher, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., an American Heart Association volunteer who is the Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and also of the Marc and Ruti Bell Vascular Biology and Disease Program at the NYU School of Medicine. read more

Around 500,000 people will die Almost 800,000 people in the US have a of coronary artery disease this year. More than a million will have a heart attack about 115,000 of them will die from it. About one in 7 deaths in the US is caused by Coronary Heart Disease. About 360,000 people will die from it each year. read more