Symptoms of Coronary Artery Disease

When discussion regarding heart conditions, doctors use the terms coronary heart disease (CHD) and the broader cardiovascular disease (CVD).

• CHD is used for any condition that affects heart function.
• CVD refers to both coronary heart disease and diseases of the passage, such as stroke, when a clot blocks blood provide to the brain. Stroke is the country's third biggest killer, claiming 70,000 lives each year.

Most doctors now favor to use the term CVD because it's the main cause of early death in the UK, causing around 32 per cent of premature deaths in men and 28 per cent in women.

One person in Britain dies from heart disease every three minutes – making us one of the world’s bad countries for this problem.