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AORTIC STENOSIS [10 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Human Diseases - Various
CONT

Symptomatic patients. Once definite symptoms of aortic stenosis are present, outcome is very poor without surgical intervention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
CONT

Les patients symptomatiques pourraient être plus disposés à accepter les effets indésirables des traitements à court terme pour obtenir le soulagement de leurs symptômes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
CONT

Todo paciente sintomático respiratorio debe ser orientado a reprogramar su tratamiento dental de rutina hasta que se resuelva la enfermedad y desaparezcan los síntomas.

OBS

sintomático: aplicado a una persona que manifiesta síntomas de una enfermedad que ha contraído.

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Record 2 2017-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

The effective orifice area(EOA) is the standard parameter for the clinical assessment of aortic stenosis severity.

CONT

The Gorlin formula can also be used to estimate effective orifice area with catheter measurements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

La SVE peut être mesurée par échocardiographie Doppler en utilisant l'équation de continuité ou par cathétérisme cardiaque en utilisant la formule de Gorlin.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Murmurs may be so loud as to be palpable as thrills, the most common examples being the apical diastolic thrill of mitral stenosis and the basal systolic thrill of aortic stenosis. Thrills are best appreciated when the patient leans forward with the breath held in expiration, with the exception of the thrill of mitral stenosis which is most easily felt when the patient turns on to the left side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Les frémissements se recherchent de deux façons : le malade en décubitus latéral gauche pour l'exploration de la pointe; le malade penché en avant pour l'exploration de la base. On distingue deux types de frémissement : le frémissement diastolique de pointe ou frémissement cataire du rétrécissement mitral et le frémissement systolique de la base (thrill) du rétrécissement aortique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A pulse characterized by the presence of two beats that are palpable during systole. This type of pulse is rarely detected and even then only in severe aortic stenosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Double pouls systolique perçu chez le sujet artérioscléreux gé, ou au cours du rétrécissement aortique.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Heart
CONT

Murmurs may be so loud as to be palpable as thrills, the most common examples being the apical diastolic thrill of mitral stenosis and the basal systolic thrill of aortic stenosis. Thrills are best appreciated when the patient leans forward with the breath held in expiration, with the exception of the thrill of mitral stenosis which is most easily felt when the patient turns on to the left side.

OBS

The term "apical diastolic thrill" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Cœur
OBS

Les frémissements se recherchent de deux façons : le malade en décubitus latéral gauche pour l'exploration de la pointe; le malade penché en avant pour l'exploration de la base. On distingue deux types de frémissement : le frémissement diastolique de pointe ou frémissement cataire du rétrécissement mitral et le frémissement systolique de la base (thrill) du rétrécissement aortique.

OBS

Le terme «frémissement diastolique de pointe» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Heart
DEF

A low-pitched presystolic or late diastolic heart murmur best heard at the apex of the heart in patients with aortic insufficiency but without organic stenosis of the mitral valve. It is thought to be due to relative narrowing of the mitral orifice caused by the backward-flowing blood from the aorta meeting the blood flowing in from the left atrium.

OBS

The term "Austin Flint murmur" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Cœur
DEF

Bruit présystolique apexien audible dans certaines insuffisances aortiques, alors que les valvules mitrales sont intactes.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

A rare form of aortic stenosis occurring above the aortic valve, usually caused by a complete circumferential fibrous ring of constricting tissue at the level of the sinus of Valsalva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Heart
DEF

A double beating pulse characterized by two impulses occurring during systole. The initial upstroke rises rapidly and is referred to as the percussion wave. This is followed by a small dip and then a second slower upstroke called the tidal wave. This type of pulse is found in combined aortic regurgitation and stenosis.

OBS

The term "bisferiens pulse" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Cœur

Spanish

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Record 9 1990-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Time in which sound is not heard in the auscultatory method of sphygmomanometry, occurring particularly in hypertension and in aortic stenosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Abolition transitoire des bruits de Kortkoff observée lors de la décompression du brassard chez certains malades atteints de rétrécissement aortique ou d'hypertension artérielle.

Spanish

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Record 10 1990-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Facies characterized by a short, upturned nose, wide mouth, widely spaced eyes, and full cheeks; it may be associated with hypercalcemia, supravalvar aortic stenosis, and mental retardation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Facies observable dans l'hypercalcémie idiopathique de l'enfant : microcéphalie avec front olympien fuyant, gros yeux écartés, épicanthus, aplatissement de la racine du nez, narines pointant en avant, large bouche aux grosses lèvres éversées, rétrognatisme, oreilles larges et attachées bas.

OBS

Définition d'après SEZOS, 1964, p. 574b.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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