Coronary heart disease is a heart disease caused by atherosclerosis, coronary atherosclerosis is a prerequisite for the development of coronary heart disease, but the two are not equivalent.
Coronary atherosclerosis is the coronary artery lipid deposition, degeneration, calcification, mainly with high blood lipids, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, obesity, heredity and so on.
Coronary heart disease is coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, coronary artery atherosclerosis, blockage of the lumen, causing myocardial ischemia and even necrosis of heart disease.
Coronary atherosclerosis to a certain extent after the involvement of the heart for coronary heart disease, that is, in the coronary atherosclerosis on the basis of chest pain and other symptoms of heart discomfort, or myocardial enzyme spectrum is elevated, and other abnormal laboratory test results.
Coronary atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease are closely related, but not the same disease, it is recommended that patients with coronary atherosclerosis as well as patients with coronary heart disease to actively treat, and try to avoid infarction and other conditions.