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French: % de racourcissement (N>25%)

English translation: % shortening fraction (SF)



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French term or phrase:% de racourcissement
English translation:% shortening fraction (SF)
Entered by:Diane de Cicco
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French to English translations [PRO]
Medical: Cardiology / doppler echocardiography protocol
French term or phrase: % de racourcissement (N>25%)
dopper echocardiography protocol

Context -
"Left Ventricle
Telediastolic diameter (N<55 mm):50
Telesystolic diameter: 31
% de racourcissement (N>25%): 38
Liza Tripp
United States
% shortening fraction (SF)
Explanation:
I guess you can also say % SF for those in the know
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Diane de Cicco
France
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great, thanks a lot
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1% shortening fraction (SF)
Diane de Cicco
2shortening fraction
Angela Dickson


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
shortening fraction

Explanation:

this is what I've heard in English - however, here you have a percentage, so you might need to do some figure conversion.

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-25 14:53:57 GMT)
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Shortening fraction also works with percentages - see
http://www.acor.org/ped-onc/survivors/cardio/cardiotests.htm...

Angela Dickson
United Kingdom
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
% shortening fraction (SF)

Explanation:
I guess you can also say % SF for those in the know


    Reference: http://heart.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/81/4/404
Diane de Cicco
France
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great, thanks a lot

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