Translation guide
A congenital heart defect where some pulmonary veins drain into the right atrium instead of the left atrium. This guide helps learners discuss this medical condition in Japanese.
Referring to the congenital heart defect itself
Standard medical term for partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. Used in clinical settings.
部分肺静脈還流異常は先天性心疾患の一つです。
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage is a type of congenital heart disease.
Variant with 症 (disease) suffix, also common in medical contexts.
部分肺静脈還流異常症と診断されました。
I was diagnosed with partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.
English abbreviation sometimes used in Japanese medical literature, pronounced as individual letters.
PAPVDの手術適応について検討した。
We discussed surgical indications for PAPVD.
When explaining to patients, doctors may use simpler terms like 肺の血管の生まれつきの異常 (congenital abnormality of lung blood vessels) or describe it as 肺からの血液が心臓の左側ではなく右側に戻ってしまう病気 (a condition where blood from the lungs returns to the right side of the heart instead of the left).
肺からの血液が心臓の左側ではなく右側に戻ってしまう病気です。
It's a condition where blood from the lungs returns to the right side of the heart instead of the left.