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commissurotomy

French translation: Commissurotomie

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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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French translation:Commissurotomie
Definition:
Incision chirurgicale d'une commissure afin d'agrandir un orifice cardiaque.

Notes
La commissurotomie peut être pratiquée, par exemple, sur la commissure d'une des valves cardiaques.
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Netherlands
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Commissurotomie


Definition from GDT:
Incision chirurgicale d'une commissure afin d'agrandir un orifice cardiaque.

Notes
La commissurotomie peut être pratiquée, par exemple, sur la commissure d'une des valves cardiaques.

Example sentence(s):
Gladis Audi, DipTrans
Netherlands
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 24

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