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What is the difference between coronary diseases and?congenital heart disease?
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CAD is narrow artery: Chd is a structural abnormality of the heart or surrounding structures.
Answered 1/21/2016
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CHD: Congenital means you are born with it, and is usually a structural defect inside the heart. Coronary disease is a 'clogging' of the coronary arteries which occurs later in life due to a variety of causes.
Answered 12/19/2016
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