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| la angina (chest pain that occurs when heart muscles don't get enough blood) |
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| la angioplastia (mechanically widening a narrowed or obstructed blood vessel) |
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| el angiograma (x-ray that shows blood flow in the heart) |
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| el aneurisma (localized blood bubble thing due to weakening of the artery wall) |
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| la arritmia (abnormal electrical activity in the heart) |
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| la arteria (carries blood away from heart to tissue) |
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| la ateroesclerosis (chronic inflammatory response in the walls of arteries) |
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| la aurícula (upper chambers of the heart) |
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| la angioplastia de globo (push the fatty plaque back against the artery wall) |
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| el diluyente de la sangre |
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| bypass surgery (double, triple, quadruple) |
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| la operación baipas/ de derivación (doble, triple cuadruple) |
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| CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) |
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| la resucitación cardiopulmonaria |
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| el catéter, la sonda, el tubo |
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| la tomografia (axial computarizada) (lightwaves to view cross-sections of the body) |
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| ahogar, sofocar, estrangular |
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| congestive heart failure* |
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| la insuficiencia cardiaca (heart can't pump enough blood to other organs) |
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| las arterias coronarias ( deliver oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium) |
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| distension of the veins (neck) |
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| la dilatación de las venas |
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| El ecocardiograma (ultrasound of the heart) |
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| el edema (abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin, or in one or more cavities of the body) |
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| la embolia (contrast with thrombosis- object in one part of the body moves and causes blockage in another part) |
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EKG/Electrocardiogram*
Electrocardiogram (EKG) |
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| El electrocardiograma (recording of electric activity in heart) |
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| el infarto, el ataque al corazón |
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| el miocardio (heart wall) |
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| MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) |
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| La Imagen de resonancia magnética |
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| la flebitis (inflammation of a vein) |
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| los latidos excesivamente rápidos |
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| red blood cells (erythrocytes) |
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| el septum (seperates cavities in all body), el tabique (seperates heart cavities) |
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| la sonda especializada, el stent |
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| el procedimiento de insertar un stent |
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| la embolia cerebral, el derrame cerebral (rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain) |
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| los pies, los tobillos hinchados |
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| la trombosis (a travelling blood clot) |
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| la vena (carries blood to the heart) |
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| white blood cells (leukocytes) |
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| la estenosis aórtica (Narrowing (stenosis) of the heart valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the aorta) |
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| la ateroesclerosis (chronic inflammatory response in the walls of arteries) |
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| la circulación de la sangre |
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| atrial septal defect (ASD)* |
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| el defecto septal auricular (hole in the heart) |
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| la arritmia cardíaca (abnormal electrical activity in the heart) |
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| complete blood count (CBC) |
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| el conteo de sangre completo |
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| el monitoreo de Holter (ortable device for continuously monitoring the electrical activity of the heart for 24 hours or more) |
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| el flebotomista (individual that draws blood) |
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| la desviación (allows blood to move from one place to another) |
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| el infarto cardíaco (heart attack) |
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