Coronary arteries:
Before talking about coronary heart disease, you should know about coronary arteries to understand this disease. Coronary arteries deliver the blood and nutrients to your heart to pump well. There are two main branches for coronary: right and left coronaries. So, any disease that affects these arteries can reduce the blood supply to the heart muscles.
Pathophysiology of coronary heart disease:
Cholesterol, fatty material, and calcium deposit inside your coronaries and form a plaque. This plaque blocks the artery and prevents blood from supplying your heart muscles with oxygen and nutrients.
Your body attacks the plaque to destroy it and restore the arterial patency. But unfortunately, white blood cells may lead to more inflammation and accelerate the development of coronary heart disease. Platelets aggerate, forming a clot that may increase the obstruction of the artery. This clot may propagate to small vessels of the heart, causing microvascular coronary heart disease.
