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Is there a difference between coronary heart disease, heart disease and cardiovascular disease ?
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Heart disease: Yes. Coronary heart disease is a type of heart disease, and heart disease is a type of cardiovascular disease. But not all cardiovascular disease is heart disease, and not all heart disease is coronary heart disease. Got it?
Answered 8/5/2012
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A bit..: Coronary heart disease is a subset of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease can involve disease of other blood vessels, including the carotid arteries, aorta, and the peripheral blood vessels particularly of the legs.
Answered 3/28/2014
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