Cardiology

Question 1

heart

Answer 1

corazón

Question 2

artery(ies)

Answer 2

arteria(s)

Question 3

circulatory system

Answer 3

sistema circulatorio

Question 4

circulation

Answer 4

circulación

Question 5

HTN

Answer 5

hipertensión/ people mostly just say ‘high pressure’ (presión alta)

Question 6

cardiovascular disease

Answer 6

enfermedad cardiovascular

Question 7

myocardial infarction/ heart attack

Answer 7

infarto de miocardio; we just say infarct (infarto)

ataque al corazón

Question 8

ischemia

Answer 8

isquemia

Question 9

patent foramen ovale

Answer 9

foramen oval permeable

Question 10

anastemoses

Answer 10

anastamosis

Question 11

collateral circulation

Answer 11

circulación colateral

Question 12

atherosclerosis

Answer 12

aterosclerosis

Question 13

blood vessel

Answer 13

vaso sanguíneo

Question 14

aorta

Answer 14

aorta

Question 15

vein(s)

Answer 15

vena(s)

Question 16

atrium

Answer 16

aurícula

Question 17

ventricle

Answer 17

ventrículo

Question 18

valve

Answer 18

válvula

Question 19

cholesterol

Answer 19

colesterol

Question 20

plaque

Answer 20

placa

Question 21

hypotension

Answer 21

people mostly say presión baja / hipotensión

Question 22

CAD

Answer 22

EAC - Enfermedad de las Arterias Coronarias

Question 23

angina (pectoris)

Answer 23

angina de pecho - pronounced - Ahn-hee-nah

(BEWARE: when people say “me duelen las anginas”- it really means “my tonsils hurt”!)- so people will just say “my chest hurts”, instead.

Question 24

Does your chest hurt?

Answer 24

te duele el pecho?

Question 25

chest pain

Answer 25

dolor de pecho

Question 26

palpitations

Answer 26

palpitaciones

Question 27

cardiac arrest

Answer 27

Paro cardíaco

Question 28

cardiopulmonary arrest

Answer 28

paro | cardiopulmonar

Question 29

thrombi/ blood clot

Answer 29

Trombo/ Coágulo sanguíneo (Often, people just say “coágulo” and “blood” is implied)

Question 30

Embolism

Answer 30

Embolia

Question 31

anticoagulant

Answer 31

anticoagulante

Question 32

thrombolytic drug/therapy

Answer 32

medicamento trombolítica/ terapia trombolítica

Question 33

beta blocker

Answer 33

betabloqueador

Question 34

aneurysm

Answer 34

aneurisma

Question 35

cerebral vascular accident/ stroke

Answer 35

accidente cerebrovascular; ataque cerebral (infarto cerebral)

Question 36

mini stroke / transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Answer 36

mini-derrame cerebral; ataque isquémico | transitorio (AIT)

Question 37

heart murmurs

Answer 37

Soplo cardíaco | Often, people will only say “soplo”

Question 38

arrhythmia

Answer 38

arritmia

Question 39

a. fib

Answer 39

Fibrilación auricular

Question 40

v. fib

Answer 40

Fibrilación ventricular

Question 41

defibrilator

Answer 41

desfibrilador

Question 42

tachycardia

Answer 42

taquicardia

Question 43

resuscitate

Answer 43

resucitar

Question 44

bradycardia

Answer 44

bradicardia

Question 45

pacemaker

Answer 45

marcapasos

Question 46

electrocardiogram ECG

Answer 46

electrocardiograma (EKG)

Question 47

echocardiogram -ECHO

Answer 47

ecocardiographia people just say ECO

Question 48

exercise stress test

Answer 48

prueba de esfuerzo con ejercicio

Question 49

stent

Answer 49

estent

Question 50

graft

Answer 50

injerto

Question 51

DVT

Answer 51

trombosis venosa profunda (TVP)

Question 52

varicose veins

Answer 52

várices