Heart disease

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
HD
Pronunciation
/hɑrt dɪˈziz/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. It reduces the risks of heart disease
  2. Standard measurements of blood pressure are an important but crude way of assessing the risk of heart disease or strokes
  3. A hundred years ago coronary heart disease was virtually unknown in Europe and America.
  4. Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle has been linked with an increased risk of heart disease.
  5. Stress is widely perceived as contributing to coronary heart disease

Other meanings of HD