How to Use coronary artery in a Sentence

coronary artery

noun
  • Two stints were placed in his right coronary artery and he was started on heart medication.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2019
  • The cause was coronary artery disease, said a son, John Angell.
    — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
  • This includes coronary artery disease, the kind of heart disease that leads to heart attacks.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Moreover, not all cases of angina are due to coronary artery disease.
    — Md Published, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
  • If a coronary artery is completely blocked, a heart attack can occur.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 10 Dec. 2018
  • Cain has coronary artery disease and suffered two heart attacks, the filing says.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Those vessels have been narrowed by fatty buildup as a result of coronary artery disease.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • On his death certificate, Jim’s cause of death is listed as coronary artery disease.
    — Derek Kravitz, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The more severe the apnea, the greater the risk of coronary artery disease, heart attacks, heart failure and strokes.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • While stents are helpful, sometimes patients require a surgery called coronary artery bypass graft.
    — William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The cause was coronary artery disease, said a daughter, Jennifer Leach.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2018
  • However, a heart attack, as well as any form of coronary artery disease, can lead to cardiac arrest.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Heart attacks occur when a coronary artery leading to the heart is blocked, which prevents blood from reaching the organ.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Bloomberg did, however, have two stents implanted in a coronary artery after a blockage in his heart two decades ago.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Brendon had 90% blockage in his right coronary artery, the coroner's report said.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • In a CT scan, coronary artery calcium shows up as distinct, bright pixels.
    — Katie Palmer, STAT, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This increases your risk for conditions like coronary artery disease.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 2 June 2026
  • If the plaque within one of the coronary arteries suddenly ruptures, a blood clot forms on its surface.
    — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Open-heart surgery was long considered the only way to restore blood flow limited by a blockage in a coronary artery.
    — Jonathan P. Gertler, STAT, 13 Feb. 2020
  • His wife, Alice Susan Vachss, said the cause was coronary artery disease.
    — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022
  • One death at the hotel was labeled as natural — a 41-year-old man found to have died of coronary artery disease.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
  • This type of heart disease is called coronary artery disease, and is the reason people get heart attacks in almost every case.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2021
  • In patients with heart disease, the cells worm into the fatty plaques lining the coronary arteries.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 5 Mar. 2020
  • People with coronary artery disease should also be taking aspirin and a statin drug, unless there are very good reasons not to give them.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Some of the most common causes are coronary artery disease (CAD) and high blood pressure.
    — Lambeth Hochwald, Health, 3 May 2024
  • In the average heart attack, a clot in a major coronary artery blocks blood flow to the heart, permanently killing some of the muscle.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 20 Oct. 2017
  • And there is abundant evidence that in people with stable coronary artery disease, a stent does not reduce the risk of heart attack or death.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Many patients have coronary arteries that are 80 to 90 percent blocked.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Hi Larry, My husband has coronary artery disease and had two stents placed in 2009.
    — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The second most common cause of fatal heart rhythms in athletes are abnormalities in the structure of a coronary artery.
    — Wendy Tzou, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023

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