This study included 50 patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD) who received conventional coronary angiography or computed tomography angiography and 50 patients with CHD at Changshu No. 2 People's Hospital, Suzhou, China, from May 2020 to January 2021. Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) level was tested and feces were collected, the DNA of the gut microbiota was extracted, and the distribution by 16SrRNA gene sequencing was obtained from the two groups of patients.