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Abstract Coronary artery disease is the most common among cardiac clients. Coronary artery disease is the global threat. Many people are dying due to heart problem. Once the client diagnosed as cardiac problems, they have to continue the medicine for life long. Some of the patients may not have economic stability to continue the medicine lifelong. Some people are unable to cope up the treatment. Cardiac clients develop anxiety and depression due to expenses, limitation of adult daily activity and frequent hospitalization. The mind and body plays an important role for the recovery of the cardiac clients. In order to have a good prognosis, the clients should be free from anxiety and depression. In the present study the researcher would like to assess the anxiety and depression on cardiac clients. Objectives: To assess the hospital anxiety and depression among cardiac clients. Design: Descriptive research design adopted for the study. Setting: The study was conducted in a tertiary care multi-specialty hospital, Coimbatore. Population: Cardiac clients who fulfill the inclusion criteria were participated in the study. Methods: The study design was Quantitative descriptive research design was used for the study. The non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. The data were collected by administering the structured questionnaire of hospital anxiety and depression scale. The structure questionnaire consists of 14 items with four option score. Results: The study depicted that 84% of the clients belong to male. 37% of the clients were between 50 and 60 years of age. Majority of the clients were normal. 15%, 8% of clients had abnormal anxiety and depression. Conclusion: Coronary artery disease is the major health concern with a leading morbidity, mortality in developed and developing countries. Coronary artery disease is a major burden to the family members because of the medical expenses. It leads to increased stress, anxiety and depression.