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English translation: left-heart failure


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Spanish term or phrase:ICI
English translation:left-heart failure
Entered by: Claudia Vale
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19:03 Jan 5, 2012
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Medical - Medical (general) / cardiology
Spanish term or phrase: ICI
This is a report for a 78-year-old patient with diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol who was admitted to hospital with pain in his left arm.
Suffers from ischemic cardiomyopathy with class II-III effort angina, triple vessel CAD with severe lesions to the proximal LAD compromising the root of the diagonal which had a severe lesion; moderate proximal lesion in the Cx artery and a severe, well-developed lesion in the OM2; dominant RCA with severe lesion at the root of the PL branch; LVEF 60%.
Surgery: SVG, bypass, stent at the Virgen de la Salud Hospital in Toledo

"Desde Cardiología se remitió para ACTP-stent en diagonal.
Posteriormente del 18-26 septiembre ingresó en MIN por angina e ICI, infección respiratoria, anemia."

Thank you!
Claudia Vale
Local time: 08:56
left-heart failure
Explanation:
ICI = Insuficiencia cardiaca izquierda

Left heart failure compromises aortic flow to the body and brain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_failure
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rich.
Mexico
Local time: 02:56
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4 +5left-heart failure
rich.
4 +2left-sided heart failure (left ventricular failure)fvasconcellos
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tremedica
Joseph Tein

  

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left-heart failure


Explanation:
ICI = Insuficiencia cardiaca izquierda

Left heart failure compromises aortic flow to the body and brain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_failure

rich.
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emma Goldsmith
0 min
  -> Thanks Emma. All the best for 2012 :)

agree  fvasconcellos: :)
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  -> Thanks fvasconcellos. All the best for 2012 :)

agree  Robert Copeland
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  -> Thanks Robert. All the best for 2012 :)

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
9 hrs
  -> Thanks Muriel. All the best for 2012 :)

agree  Joseph Tein: Good work!
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  -> Thanks Joseph. All the best for 2012 :)
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
left-sided heart failure (left ventricular failure)


Explanation:
Given the context, ICI is probably "insuficiencia cardíaca izquierda"

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Note added at 5 mins (2012-01-05 19:08:39 GMT)
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Aah... beat to the punch, I see :)

fvasconcellos
Brazil
Local time: 04:56
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, Muriel! :) Happy New Year!

agree  Joseph Tein: And you're right too, of course :) Feliz ano novo!
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  -> Thank you, Joseph! Happy New Year :-)
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9 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: tremedica

Reference information:
Claudia, are you using this resource? It's in there:

http://tremedica.org/glosarios/siglas/SE-080425_I.html#19467

Joseph Tein
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Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  neilmac: Thanks for the useful link; I copied it and will add new acronyms/abbreviations to it as they come up;)
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