Spanish: AC x FA cr贸nicaEnglish translation: chronic cardiac arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation) 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | AC x FA cr贸nica | | English translation: | chronic cardiac arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation) | | Entered by: | Rachel Fell |
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Medical - Medical: Cardiology / patient's report, antecedentes personales | | Spanish term or phrase: AC x FA cr贸nica | | I have FA as atrial fibrillation, but not sure what AC refers to - coronary artery? ACC occurs later in the Exploracion fisica en UCI, seeming to refer to coronary arteries (patient has arrhythmia, etc.)-? (In Spain) |
| | | chronic cardiac arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation) | Explanation:
It couldn't be "cardiovascular" arrhythmia; it has to be "cardiac," which is the ICD term and also has 461,000 refs. What concerns me is that atrial fibrillation is one form of it, like a subcategory:
Atrial fibrillation is the commonest chronic cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure and premature death. ...
www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000555/
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 Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
| Note from asker to answererThank you Muriel - yes, it meant the type that he has
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| chronic cardiac arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation)
Explanation:
It couldn't be "cardiovascular" arrhythmia; it has to be "cardiac," which is the ICD term and also has 461,000 refs. What concerns me is that atrial fibrillation is one form of it, like a subcategory:
Atrial fibrillation is the commonest chronic cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure and premature death. ...
www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000555/
| | Note from asker to answerer| Thank you Muriel - yes, it meant the type that he has |
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| CA X AF
Explanation:
You don't really need to translate the acronyms--CA..can also mean cardiac auscultation ..usually during initial physical examination and atrial fibrillation (AF)is a cardiac arrhythmia and is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia
| David Brown
Spain
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