commissurotomy

German translation: Kommissurotomie

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00:54 Nov 4, 2020
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Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Medical: Cardiology
English term or phrase: commissurotomy
Definition from Texas Heart Institute:
A procedure used to widen the opening of a heart valve that has been narrowed by scar tissue.

Example sentence(s):
  • Percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy must be considered for those with symptomatic severe MS without LA thrombi or more than moderate MR because the degree of MR frequently increases after the procedure. ScienceDirect
  • It is our belief that a high pressure in the left auricle is helpful postoperatively in maintaining separation of the valve cusps after commissurotomy. Chest Journal
  • In performing tricuspid commissurotomy, it is essential to identify and split the fan chordae, which are always fused and which clearly delineate the fused commissures The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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German translation:Kommissurotomie
Definition:
In der Herzchirurgie bezeichnet man die Durchtrennung bzw. Sprengung verwachsener Herzklappen durch den Chirurgen mit dem Finger oder einem Instrument als Kommissurotomie.
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Tanja Boyandin
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Kommissurotomie


Definition from DocCheck Flexikon:
In der Herzchirurgie bezeichnet man die Durchtrennung bzw. Sprengung verwachsener Herzklappen durch den Chirurgen mit dem Finger oder einem Instrument als Kommissurotomie.

Example sentence(s):
  • Zur Rekonstruktion stehen operativ eine Kommissurotomie der Klappe oder eine transanuläre Erweiterungsplastik mit Einnaht eines Patches in die rechtsventrikuläre Ausflussbahn zur Verfügung. - Cardioguide  
Tanja Boyandin
Switzerland
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Katrin Hoelscher: Gutes Timing :-)
16 mins
  -> :)

Yes  Steffen Walter
48 mins

Yes  Marga Shaw
58 mins

Yes  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 days 3 hrs
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Kommissurotomie


Definition from Pschyrembel:
Nur noch selten an­gewen­detes the­rapeutisches Ver­fahren bei Herz­klappens­tenose mit operativer Er­weiterung der vor­deren oder hin­teren Kommissur ei­ner Herz­klappe. Un­terschieden werden offene und ge­schlos­se­ne Kommissurotomie.

Example sentence(s):
  • Bis in die Anfänge der 80er Jahre wurde häufig bei Patienten mit Mitralklappenstenose eine operative Sprengung der Mitralklappe (sog. Kommissurotomie) durchgeführt. - Deutsches Herzzentrum München  
Katrin Hoelscher
Germany
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

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Yes  Marga Shaw
43 mins
  -> Vielen Dank!

Yes  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 days 3 hrs
  -> Vielen Dank!
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