Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

icc descompensada

English translation:

decompensated CHF (congestive heart failure)

Dec 14, 2010 01:35
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Spanish term

icc descompensada

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Cardiology Job description
Con diagnóstico de: ICC descompensada FEVI 25% NAC II, INFECCIÓN URINARIA, SEPSIS DE ORIGEN PULMONAR Y URINARIO, HTA X HC, IRA VS IRC.
Change log

Dec 14, 2010 01:52: Monika Jakacka Márquez changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"

Discussion

Joseph Tein Dec 14, 2010:
Possibilities ICC
1 incremento de la cifra corregida {→ ACC :18}
2 índice cintura/cadera {→ IC/C :1}
3 índice colposcópico combinado
4 índice de confianza del consumidor
5 inmunocomplejos circulantes || ≡ CIC (complejos inmunitarios circulantes)
6 [ES] Instituto Cartográfico de Cataluña [C: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya]
7 insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva || ≡ FCC (fallo cardíaco congestivo), ICCV (insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva venosa)
8 insuficiencia cardíaca crónica || ≡ FCC (fallo cardíaco crónico), ICCC (insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva crónica)
9 insuficiencia coronaria crónica

I'd say it's 7,8 or 9 ... my choice would be "congestive heart failure" (#7)

These are from a VERY useful resource that contains almost 20,000 medical abbreviations and acronyms:

http://tremedica.org/glosarios/siglas/

Proposed translations

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10 hrs
Selected

decompensated CHF (congestive heart failure)

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Peer comment(s):

agree liz askew
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks a lot!"
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decompensated CHF/acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF)

Have just finished translating four files on this... :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_decompensated_heart_failu...
Peer comment(s):

disagree Maria Guitart Graells : De acuerdo con el acrónimo usado pero no con su significado
5 hrs
"CHF" significa "congestive heart failure", no "chronic heart failure".
agree liz askew
20 hrs
Thank you, Liz! :)
agree Rita Tepper : decompensated heart failure a secas se usa más en el lenguaje médico en inglés
22 hrs
Muchas gracias Rita :)
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Decompensated CHF (chronic heart failure)

Se trata de la insuficiencia cardiaca crónica descompensada

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Note added at 8 hrs (2010-12-14 10:24:16 GMT)
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Tienes toda la razón, es insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva, no volveré a responder a ninguna pregunta del Kudoz antes de tomarme el café!!!
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Reference comments

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Reference:

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INSUFICIENCIA CARDIACA CONGESTIVA
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Descompensada. ICC. Descompensada. No Síntomas. Ejercicio normal. Función VI normal. No Síntomas. Ejercicio normal. Función VI normal. No síntomas ...
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