医学英语轻松学 第1期:心脏年龄

Her age is 53, but her heart age is 75 because she smokes and has uncontrolled high blood pressure.

她今年53岁，由于吸烟和持续走高的血压，导致她的“心脏年龄”为75岁。

Most American adults have a heart that’s older than their actual age.

对于绝大多数美国成年人来说，他们的“心脏年龄”都老于实际年龄。

One way to understand your risk for a heart attack or stroke is to learn your heart age,the age of your heart and blood vessels as a result of your risk factors for heart attack and stroke.

想要了解自己患有心脏病或是中风的风险，其中一种方法就是了解自己的“心脏年龄”，心脏和血管年龄将会成为你患心脏病，或是中风的风险因素。

If you smoke or have high blood pressure, your heart age will be much higher than your actual age.

如果你吸烟，或是患有高血压，那么你的“心脏年龄”将会大于你的实际年龄。

Some things you can’t change, such as getting older or your family history.

衰老或遗传史等问题是我们无法改变的。

At any age, help make your heart younger by managing high blood pressure and highcholesterol, obesity, unhealthy diet, and diabetes.

不管你的年龄大小，我们都要控制血压、胆固醇、远离肥胖，糖尿病，摒弃不健康饮食，从而来年轻我们的心脏。

Get more physical activity and if you smoke, quit. If you don’t, don’t start.

多做体育活动，如果吸烟，戒掉。如果你不抽烟，那就永远不要触碰。

Work with your doctor to make heart healthy choices for a lower heart age.

与你的医生一起采取心脏健康行动，降低“心脏年龄”。

Take action to lower your heart age and keep it low.

我们应该为降低“心脏年龄”而采取行动，让其青春永驻。

1.blood pressure 血压

例句：He is being constantly monitored with regular checks on his blood pressure.

他被实时监测，定时量血压。

2.blood vessel 血管

例句：The rupture of a blood vessel usually cause the mark of a bruise.

血管的突然破裂往往会造成外伤的痕迹.

3.heart attack 心脏病

例句：Bob died of a heart attack, brought on by his lifestyle.

鲍勃死于由他的生活方式引起的心脏病突发。

4.unhealthy diet 不健康饮食

例句：Even ageing itself might be accelerated by an unhealthy diet.

甚至,衰老本身也可能是由不健康饮食而加速.