What is coronary artery disease?

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. There are many risk factors for developing CAD, some include age, family history, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and lipids in the blood and smoking.

How do members experience coronary artery disease?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with coronary artery disease*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for coronary artery disease*

*Data from patients with coronary artery disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with coronary artery disease*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Aspirin Low Dose)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
coronary artery disease (11)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
coronary artery disease (3)

*Data from patients with coronary artery disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has coronary artery disease on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 9
30s 26
40s 89
50s 340
60s 634
70+ 688

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 880
Female 887

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What is coronary artery disease?

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. There are many risk factors for developing CAD, some include age, family history, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and lipids in the blood and smoking.



Common symptoms reported by people with coronary artery disease

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for coronary artery disease

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Aspirin Low Dose)
Type
Over the Counter Drug
How many have tried
653
Tried for
coronary artery disease (11)
Type
Surgery
How many have tried
230
Tried for
coronary artery disease (3)

Data from patients with coronary artery disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with coronary artery disease

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Aspirin Low Dose)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
coronary artery disease (11)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
coronary artery disease (3)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with coronary artery disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has coronary artery disease on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 2 new patients joined this month
  • 655 say coronary artery disease is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 9
30s 26
40s 89
50s 340
60s 634
70+ 688
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 1
20-29 years 12
30-39 years 90
40-49 years 201
50-59 years 179
60-69 years 77
70+ years 12

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 880
Female 887

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 801
Not Diagnosed 24

These charts show data from coronary artery disease patients who have completed their condition history
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