English translation of "TV" - "V-tach or VT"

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156 months ago

Kate (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	TV
Context:	à l' examen patiente inconsciente TV avec une TA à ## mmhg de systolique

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156 months ago

French specialist wrote:

IABP (intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation) (contre-pulsion intra-aortique)

My references:

http://www.uptodate.com/contents/intraaortic-balloon-pump-counterpulsation
http://reaannecy.free.fr/Documents/cardiologie/Transport%20CPIA.pdf
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1847715-overview

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156 months ago

French specialist wrote:

Sorry, wrongly posted. Dear moderator please remove the above

156 months ago

French specialist wrote:

Ventricular pressure

156 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

VT`

My comment:

In most scientific and medical terms one tends to simply reverse the abbreviated forms

156 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

V-tach or VT

My comment:

Les tachycardies ventriculaires (TV) polymorphes...
http://www.theheart.org/fr/article/820809.do

Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a tachycardia, or fast heart rhythm, that originates in one of the ventricles of the heart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricular_tachycardia

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156 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

must be right :)

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