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冠狀動脈疾病 gun jong dung mak jat beng: Coronary disease.
冠 gun: cap, crown
狀 jong: form; appearance; shape; official
動 dung: move, happen; movement, action
脈 mak: blood vessels, veins, arteries
疾 jat: illness, disease, sickness; to hate
病 beng: illness, sickness, disease

心肌梗死 sam gei gang sei:  Myocardial infarction(death)
心 sam: heart; mind, intelligence; soul
肌 gei: muscle tissue; meat on bones
梗 gang, gwaang: stem of flower, branch of plant
死 sei: die; dead; death

心肌梗塞 sam gei gang sak: Heart attack
心 sam: heart; mind, intelligence; soul
肌 gei: muscle tissue; meat on bones
梗 gang, gwaang: stem of flower, branch of plant
塞 sak: block up, stop, seal shut.

冠狀動脈支架 gun jong dung mak ji gaa: Coronary stent
冠 gun: cap, crown
狀 jong: form; appearance; shape; official
動 dung: move, happen; movement, action
脈 mak: blood vessels, veins, arteries
支 ji: disperse, pay; support; branch
架 gaa: rack, stand, prop; prop up

动脉粥样硬化 dung mak juk yueng ngaan faa: Atherosclerosis
动 dung: move, happen; movement, action
脉 mak: blood vessels, veins, arteries
粥 juk: rice gruel, congee
样 yueng: shape, form, pattern, style
硬 ngaan: hard, firm, strong; obstinate
化 faa: change, convert, reform; -ize

高血壓 gou huet ngaat: High blood pressure / hypertension
高 gou: high, tall; lofty, elevated
血 huet: blood
壓 ngaat: press; oppress; crush; pressure


An antiplatelet drug (antiaggregant) is a member of a class of pharmaceuticals that decrease platelet aggregation and inhibit thrombus formation. They are effective in the arterial circulation, where anticoagulants have little effect.

They are widely used in primary and secondary prevention of thrombotic cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease.

Antiplatelet therapy with one or more of these drugs decreases the ability of blood clot to form by interfering with platelet activation process in primary hemostasis. Antiplatelet drugs can reversibly or irreversibly inhibit the process involved in platelet activation resulting in decreased tendency of platelets to adhere to one another and to damaged blood vessels' endothelium.

Thrombolytic therapy is indicated for the treatment of STEMI – if it can begin within 12 hours of the onset of symptoms, and the person is eligible based on exclusion criteria, and a coronary angioplasty is not immediately available.


溶栓 yung saan: Thrombolysis
溶 yung: to melt, dissolve; overflowing with
栓 saan: wooden peg, post or stick

血管再成形術 huet gun joi ching ying seut: Angioplasty, balloon angioplasty, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
血 huet: blood
管 gun: pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music
血管 huet gun: vein, artery
再 joi: again / once more / re- / second / another / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... , and then ...
成 sing: completed, finished, fixed
形 ying: form, shape, appearance
成形 sing ying: to take shape / shaping / forming
術 seut: A) art, skill, special feat; method, technique; B) various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea



Interventional radiology (IR), sometimes known as vascular and interventional radiology (VIR), is a radiology specialty which provides minimally invasive image-guided diagnosis and treatment of disease. Although the range of procedures performed by interventional radiologists is broad, the unifying concept behind these procedures is the application of image guidance and minimally invasive techniques in order to minimize risk to the patient.

冠狀動脈疾病 'gun jong dung mak jat beng': Coronary disease. Ischemische hartklachten.

冠狀動脈支架 'gun jong dung mak ji gaa': Coronary stent. Coronaire stent.

動脉粥样硬化 'dung mak juk yueng ngaan faa': : Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerose.

高血壓 'gou huet ngaat': High blood pressure / hypertension. Hoge bloeddruk / hypertensie.

血管再成形術 'huet gun joi sing ying seut': Angioplasty, balloon angioplasty, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Angioplastiek, ballonangioplastie, percutane transluminale angioplastie.

Note that angioplasty is also simply 血管成形術 ('huet gun sing ying seut').

心臟手術'sam jong sau seut': Coronary procedure, heart operation. Coronaire ingreep, heart operatie..


NOTE: 脉、脈、衇、䘑 。

The variants 脉、脈、衇、䘑 all mean the same thing: arteries, veins.
Pronounced 'mak' in Cantonese.

Some other useful stuff:
醫療預約 ('yi liu yiu yuk): a medical appointment.
要動手術 ('yiu dung sau-seut'): need to have an operation.
得接受手術 ('dak jip sau sau-seut'): have surgery, had surgery.
接受手術 ('jip sau sau seut): undergo surgery.
病情 ('ping jing'): condition of the patient.
病人 ('ping yan'): patient, sick person.
患者 ('waan je'): patient, sufferer.
病 ('ping'): illness, ailment.
急診 ('kap chan'): emergency medical consultation.
門診 ('mun chan'): outpatient services.
診室 ('chan sat'): consulting room.
診所 ('chan so'): clinic.
診 ('chan'): diagnosis.
臟 ('jong'): internal organ.
狀 ('jong'): shape, form.