Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

högersvikt

English translation:

right heart failure

Added to glossary by Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X)
Sep 23, 2004 13:55
19 yrs ago
Swedish term

högersvikt

Swedish to English Medical Medical: Cardiology
Om det istället är höger hjärthalva som sviktar stockas blodet i venerna och vätska pressar ut i vävnaderna. Detta kallas högersvikt. Den ökade mängden vätska i kroppen leder ofta till svullnad i både ben och bukorgan. Andra vanliga symptom är viktökning, illamående och en minskad aptit.

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Swedish term (edited): h�gersvikt
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right heart failure

Introduction: Right heart failure - WrongDiagnosis.com
Introduction to Right heart failure as a medical condition including symptoms,
diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, prevention, and prognosis. ...
www.wrongdiagnosis.com/r/right_heart_failure/intro.htm - 17k - Cachad - Liknande sidor

Symptom: Heart symptoms - WrongDiagnosis.com
... I. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ... heart attack, right-heart failure; Invasive
candidiasis ... ... heart sac inflammation; Right heart failure ... cor pulmonale S. ...
www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/heart_symptoms.htm - 44k - Cachad - Liknande sidor
[ Fler resultat från www.wrongdiagnosis.com ]

HEART FAILURE
... THE CAUSES OF RIGHT HEART FAILURE. Left Heart Failure causes too great of
a pressure load and leads to Right Heart Failure. Chronic ...
www.cyber-nurse.com/veetac/horrorhf.htm - 15k


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Note added at 48 mins (2004-09-23 14:44:29 GMT)
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The British Heart Foundation uses the term \"right heart failure\" and it also seems to be the most commonly used version if you go by Google hits.

http://www.bhf.org.uk/hearthealth/index.asp?secID=1&secondle...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks! i needed to compare this with 'right-shift,' which i also found in some cardio contexts. "
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Swedish term (edited): h�gersvikt

right-sided failure

There are many variations on the same theme, e.g. right-side failure, right-sided congestive failure, right-sided heart failure...
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