Definition of "coronary artery" []

• Either of two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply blood to the muscular tissue of the heart. (noun)

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• "His electrocardiogram showed that he was having a heart attack, and he was rushed to the cardiac catheterization laboratory, where the small coronary artery supplying the front of his heart with blood was found to be closed."
• ""Among coronary artery disease patients with hypertension, chronic self-reported use of NSAIDs was associated with harmful outcomes, and this practice should be avoided where possible," Dr. Anthony A. Bavry, assistant professor in the division of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Florida, Gainesville, said in a journal news release."
• "Patients with high blood pressure and coronary artery disease who took NSAIDs regularly had a 47 percent increase in the rate of death as well as nonfatal heart attack and stroke."