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French to English Medical: Cardiology Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
décès d'origine?		cause of death
"aspect en carafe"		"water bottle silhouette" of pericardial effusion
"tronc commun"		main coronary artery
% de racourcissement		% shortening fraction (SF)	Diane de Cicco
Entered by: Diane de Cicco
'OG - oreillete gauche		left atrium	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
(c)		tablets
(oreillette gauche) FR		regurgitant fraction [also: fractional shortening/shortening fraction]
*appel d'offre*		call for tenders
...avec modification en mode DDD		...with modification of the DDD pacing mode	Bertrand Leduc
Entered by: Bertrand Leduc
1 cp de Plavix		1 tablet of Plavix
1 cure de CIV		CIV = Communication Interventriculaire = Ventricular septal defect
1,4 pour mille		1.4 per thousand or 0.14% solution
1m légère excentrique		(mitral valve?) slightly eccentric mitral regurgitation
40 cm de la MA		40 cm from the anal margin (AM)	Bertrand Leduc
Entered by: Bertrand Leduc
a/c		complete arrhythmia	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
ablation du redon à J+1		drain removed 24 hours postoperatively
abord poplité long		long popliteal bypass (Lateral Approach)
absence de dépendance des sondes d\'entrainement électrosystolique		no dependency on electrosysolic pacing catheter	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
Ac		anticoagulation
AC/FA ACFA		chronic atrial fibrillation
accès de palpitations		(episode) of palpitations
accident		event
ACFA		persistent atrial fibrillation
ACT		percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (usually PTCA)
ACT (ADBD)		Point-of-care testing activated clotting time
adiastolie débutante		early diastolic heart failure//cardiac tamponade
ailette		leaflet	Lamprini Kosma
Entered by: Lamprini Kosma
aire de référence		reference lumen area	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
AIT		TIA	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
Am-Ap		PVF-AR
AMIG-IVA		Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA), Anterior Interventricular (artery) IVA, or LAD Left Anterior Descending artery
AMIO		Amiodarone
amorçage gauche, en terme de débit cardiaque,		left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), cardiac output
anastomose en palette		cobra-head/spatulated anastomosis	Gwynneth Kably
Entered by: Gwynneth Kably
anastomose prothéto-prothétique latéro-terminale		end-to-side prostheto-prosthetic anastomosis	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
Anévrisme de la crosse		aortic arch aneurysm
anevrisme de la racine aortique		aortic root aneurysm
angio-coronarographique		coronary angiogram
angioplastie coronaire		coronary angioplasty
angioplastie en foulée		follow-on/ad hoc angioplasty/PCI

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