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  • abbreviation coronary heart disease

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  • initialism pathology, cardiology Initialism of congenital heart defect.
  • initialism pathology, cardiology Initialism of coronary heart disease.

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  • Congenital heart defects, known as CHD's, are the #1 birth defect, but a hidden disease.

    brile Diary Entry brile 2003

  • CHD, which is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, and is only a fraction of the size of Procter & Gamble.

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  • Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, where there was lower reported coronary or cardiovascular disease mortality among diabetics than among patients with prior coronary heart disease, "challenge the notion of diabetes being classified as a CHD equivalent," added Kaul.

    theHeart.org 2009

  • However, minor health concerns may arise, such as CHD, patellar luxation and PRA.

    EzineArticles 2010

  • Particularly for a late-onset disease such as CHD, dogs remaining in the gene pool must not only be free of obvious signs of CHD at the time of evaluation (2 years of age for

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The CHD has made opposition to civilian possession of firearms its own particular cause.

    Do guns kill people? 2009

  • The CHD has made opposition to civilian possession of firearms its own particular cause.

    Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

  • The CHD has made opposition to civilian possession of firearms its own particular cause.

    Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

  • Hormone therapy among women aged 50 through 59 years in the WHI trials tended to have more favorable effects on CHD rates than in older women, but even if this finding is confirmed, the concerns about increased risk of stroke, venous thromboembolism, and breast or endometrial cancer remain.

    The WHI through the Restrospectoscope aka TBTAM 2009

  • The CHD has made opposition to civilian possession of firearms its own particular cause.

    Do guns kill people? 2009

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