About this episode
In this lesson, we learn how to explain thrombolytic therapy for stroke in Spanish. In future lessons, we will go over contraindications and risks.
Luis Almeida joins us from Venezuela to help us with Thrombolytics in Spanish for this lesson.
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LEVEL – ADVANCED
We have a drug called a thrombolytic.
1:01
Tenemos un tipo de medicamento que se llama trombolítico.
thrombolyticslos trombolíticos
It dissolves the clot in your brain.
1:49
Este medicamento disuelve rápidamente el coágulo que está bloqueando una arteria en su cerebro.
to dissolvedisolver
the clotel coágulo
to block or obstructbloquear
arteryla arteria
brainel cerebro
Our objective
Restore blood flow to the brain
4:05
Nuestro objetivo es restablecer el flujo de sangre y oxígeno a las células del cerebro y a su vez, limitar el daño y la discapacidad que usted sufra.
goal or objectiveel objetivo
to restorerestablecer
blood flowel flujo de sangre
oxygen
