Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

itto

English translation:

apical / maximal (cardiac) impulse

Added to glossary by achisholm
Jul 27, 2004 15:57
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Italian term

itto

Italian to English Medical cardiac medicine
"Cuore: L'itto non si vede nè si palpa"

In relation to a heart examinatgion.

Discussion

Joseph Tein Jan 4, 2018:
Also in the Corriere della Sera Dizionario della Salute:

"Pulsazione della parete toracica provocata dal movimento del cuore ... "

http://www.corriere.it/salute/dizionario/itto_cardiaco/index...
Joseph Tein Jan 3, 2018:
Also see this entry in Treccani:

itto s. m. [dal lat. ictus «urto»]. – In medicina, la pulsazione, o impulso, esternamente visibile, del cuore (ictus cordis) o anche, talora, di alcune arterie.
achisholm (asker) Jul 27, 2004:
note I think it's in relation to possible heart damage in asbestosis patients.
bistefano Jul 27, 2004:
Ictus ? perhaps ...

Proposed translations

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apical / maximal (cardiac) impulse

itto della punta = cardiac impulse
Gould-Chiampo Dizionario enciclopedico di medicina

Itto cardiaco = v.impulso apicale
Impulso apicale: movimento dell'apice del ventricolo sinistro contro la parete toracica. Viene percepito a livello del V spazio intercostale sinistro. Generalmente può essere percepito all'ispezione e alla palpazione. [...]
TABER Dizionario enciclopedico di medicina

Compare:
"Il precordio deve essere attentamente palpato per rilevare fremiti, bozze e localizzare l’itto. "
http://www.msd-italia.com/altre/manuale/sez19/2612367.html

"The precordium should be palpated for thrills, heaves, and location of the maximal impulse. "
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section19/chapter261/...



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Note added at 35 mins (2004-07-27 16:32:49 GMT)
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\"Palpate the Precordium (Apical Impulse)\"
http://www.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/cupex/skillmod_01_st...

\"During inspection of the anterior chest, you should be looking for scars, obvious abnormalities, and the apical impulse. \"
http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/CARDIO01.HTM

\"Palpate the precordium with the palmar surface of your hand over the aortic, pulmonary, parasternal and apical areas of the heart.
Determine the lower and outermost precardiac impulse, the apical impulse. \"
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/medicine/pulmonar/pd/...

Peer comment(s):

agree Elena Sgarbo (X) : Certo :-))
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agree Natalie
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agree Catherine Bolton : Yup, I didn't think about pursuing it in G-C.
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agree Genti
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agree Nanny Wintjens
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neutral Joseph Tein : Ciao Gilberto! This helped me tonight, thank you.
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Ciao Joseph! 13 anni fa: tempo passa sempre più veloce!
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ictus / stroke

Hi Sandy!
Take a look at def. 2 from DeMauro:
ictus ìc|tus
s.m.inv., lat.

1a TS metr., nella metrica classica, segno indicante la maggiore intensità di accento propria dell’arsi | estens., l’intensità di accento stessa
1b TS ling., non com. accento intensivo
2 TS med. apoplessia | improvvisa e grave alterazione funzionale di un organo: i. polmonare, laringeo | non com. itto cardiaco
3 TS mus., non com., tempo forte


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Note added at 5 mins (2004-07-27 16:03:37 GMT)
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Sort of odd in your sentence. Does it refer to damage caused by a heart attack?
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45 mins

heartbeat

From English-Italian dictionary by Garzanti. Itto = ictus, heartbeat.
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