Glossary entry

français term or phrase:

holter (boiter? - the copy isn't clear)

anglais translation:

Holter monitor

Added to glossary by Angela Dickson (X)
Oct 7, 2008 09:35
15 yrs ago
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français term

holter (boiter? - the copy isn't clear)

français vers anglais Médecine Médecine : cardiologie hospital discharge letter
Context:
'Un avis cardiologique avait été demandé et nous avions suggéré la réalisation
xxx d'un holter xxx
qui a relevé plusieurs épisodes de bradycardie jonctionelle.'
This is a letter about a patient on heart medication who lost consciousness and was taken to hospital where they decided to fit a pacemaker.
Proposed translations (anglais)
4 +7 Holter monitor
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Oct 16, 2008 08:34: Angela Dickson (X) Created KOG entry

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Holter monitor


This is a device that the patient wears, usually for 24 hours, to take a continuous electrocardiogram. This enables rhythm disorders that might not show up when testing for a short time to be identified.

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Note added at 9 mins (2008-10-07 09:44:50 GMT)
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urgh, my last sentence is less than elegant, but I think it's clear what I meant!
Peer comment(s):

agree Lionel_M (X) : I would say "holter ECG" in this case to distinguish it from "pressure holter"
11 minutes
agree Roddy Tannahill : I've only ever heard of Holter monitor after 8 years of working in Cardiology. That's what I'd put.
16 minutes
agree SJLD : Holter monitor
40 minutes
agree Michael Lotz
1 heure
agree Janet Ratziu
1 heure
agree Jean-Louis S.
2 heures
agree Drmanu49
5 heures
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks very much, Angela (and your description is very helpful and completely clear!)"
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