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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

engrosamiento conservado

English translation:

unchanged

Added to glossary by Alvaro Aliaga
Feb 5, 2009 08:57
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term

engrosamiento conservado

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Cardiology SPECT (single positron emission computed tomography) report
In this context, how do I translate 'conservado' and how does it fit with 'engrosamiento'? The SPECT report describes the patient's heart as follows: " Hipocinesia moderada anterior y septal con *engrosamiento conservado*." I think 'thickening' is the best word for 'engrosamiento' rather than 'swelling' (not to speak of 'inspissation'), but I don't find a meaning for 'conservado' that makes sense. Thanks for the help!
Proposed translations (English)
5 unchanged
4 +1 normal thickening
3 sustained
Change log

Feb 8, 2009 13:21: Alvaro Aliaga changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/578038">Joseph Tein's</a> old entry - "engrosamiento conservado "" to ""unchanged""

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unchanged

Hi Joseph. Here "conservado" means unchanged. There are several possibilities for this translation like "the thickening did not increase" or "remains the same" and others expressing that it didn't got worse. The report is giving the idea that this thickening was previously found and now they are comparing the measurements.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Ciao, BF. This makes sense to me. Gracias."
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sustained

might work
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+1
1 hr

normal thickening

I have found the following two papers, the second being referred to by the first:

"Saab et al mostraron que segmentos clasificados como normales o con mismatch tenían con más frecuencia la forma de un engrosamiento conservado"
www.revespcardiol.org/cgi-bin/wdbcgi.exe/cardio/mrevista_ca...

Going to the abstract of Saab et al, we find:
"Segments classified as normal or mismatch had a higher frequency of normal wall thickening (65% and 52%) than wall motion (31% and 17%)."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12794629?dopt=Abstract
Reference:

http://www.revespcardiol.org/cgi-bin/wdbcgi.exe/cardio/mrevista_cardio.fulltext?pident=13113893

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12794629?dopt=Abstract

Note from asker:
Thank you for your suggestion, Krys. I chose to go with the other answer even with the support our expert Dr. Tepper gave you! Cheers.
Peer comment(s):
agree Rita Tepper : normal wall thickening, that's how I would say it as a cardiologist
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