Vol-7 Issue-2 2021 IJARIIE-ISSN(O)-2395-4396 13694 www.ijariie.com 1546 NURSES ROLE IN CORONARY HEART DISEASES, A REVIEW Bushra Mushtaq 1 , Javaid Ahmad Mir 2 , 1 Bushra Mushtaq,Tutor (Nursing) Islamic University of Science and Technology, Jammu & Kashmir,india 2 javaid ahmad mir PhD Scholar, Nursing, Jamia Humdard , New delhi, india ABSTRACT Coronary heart disease also called coronary artery disease or atherosclerotic heart disease is caused when there is obstruction of blood supply to heart muscles, this reduction in blood supply to heart cells through coronary arteries leads to coronary heart disease. CAD can cause various manifestations and various life threatening conditions which are fetal like angina pectoris, myocardial infection or sudden death as cardiac muscles are sensitive to continuous supply of oxygen which is managed by adequate amount of blood supply so for normal working of heart this process is to be maintained.CAD is most prevalent type of cardiovascular disease in adults and the major cause of death globally. There is growing impact of lifestyle, environmental factors for occurrence of disease , so nurses working from community to tertiary level for this reason is to become very much educated with various clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment modalities associated with their disease. Keyword : - Coronary artery disease, nurses role.. 1. INTRODUCTION Cardio vascular diseases is the accumulation of fatty substances and fibrous tissues in the arterial blood vessels or coronary arteries. The continuous accumulation of these lipids leads to the narrowing the lumen of these blood vessels which in turn leads to the myocardial layers once the lipids are accumulated there is continuous injury to artery walls by different structural changes and biochemical changes in arterial walls which than leads to physiological changes as well. The coronary artery disease is the potentially life threatening process.