French: accidentEnglish translation: event 
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Medical - Medical: Cardiology | | French term or phrase: accident | [Text about clinical trials]
I know that the glossary favours 'accident' as a good translation of 'accident', BUT...
in this context?
les diurétiques préviennent très efficacement les accidents vasculaires cérébraux et, moins efficacement, les accidents coronariens
Would disease or disorder work better here?
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| tinamenonKudoZ activityQuestions: 9 (all closed) Answers: 0
United Kingdom
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| | event | Explanation:
as in "coronary event(s)"
to make the choice even wider,
with a large number of references... |
| Selected response from:
 Hervé du Verle
United Kingdom
| Note from asker to answererMany thanks, M. du Verle. To Dr Barnett from Canada too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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2 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 |
| coronary accident
Explanation:
Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are clinical events that cause considerable immediate morbidity and mortality and a high risk of a further coronary accident ...
circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/106/7/804 -
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Note added at 2 minutes (2007-03-25 14:29:06 GMT)
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and CVAs
A stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA), [1] is an acute neurological injury in which the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke - 115k -
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Note added at 3 minutes (2007-03-25 14:29:50 GMT)
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The risk of coronary accident is half that of a smoker. 5 years. The lung-cancer mortality rate of an ex-smoker who used cto average one pack a day drops by ...
www.pq.lung.ca/sections/tabagisme/en/defi_progressif/index.... - 24k -
| Drmanu49
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English, French
PRO pts in category: 56
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 |
| event
Explanation:
as in "coronary event(s)"
to make the choice even wider,
with a large number of references...
| Hervé du Verle
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  French
PRO pts in category: 12
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| Note from asker to answerer| Many thanks, M. du Verle. To Dr Barnett from Canada too. |
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9 hrs confidence: |
| Coronary event - further expanation.
Explanation:
I fully agree with Herve's translation, but there seems to be some confusion about the terminology, as it is used in English, by some participants.
In the context of cerebrovascular disease, the English expressions "cerebrovascular accident" and "cerebrovascular event" are synonymous. Curiously, both these terms are ambiguous in that each may refer either to a cerebrovascular thrombosis or to cerebrovascular hemmorhage. Furthermore, in this context the terms "accident" and "event" never refer to any other form of cerebrovascular injury.
In English, "coronary accident" is virtually never used, but "coronary event" is. An "event' in this context is generally understood to be a coronary thrombosis.
These terms, obviously, when used in the medical context, do not carry the same connotations and meanings that they enjoy in everyday conversation or literature. They are part of a vast medical culture and have acquired special meaning over the years, well understood by professionals in the field.
| Michael Barnett
Canada
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64
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