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ST

English translation: ST

17:03 Feb 13, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Spanish term or phrase: ST
From a Spanish medical report on a gentleman admitted due to a heart attack.

Síndrome coronario agudo con elevación del ST en cara anterior.

TIA
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Local time: 19:26
English translation:ST
Explanation:
This refers to the segment on an EKG from the S wave to the T wave. In this context, it would be ST elevation.

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Dr. Jason Faulkner
Local time: 11:26
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5 +8ST
Dr. Jason Faulkner
4ST segment elevation
Robert Copeland


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
ST


Explanation:
This refers to the segment on an EKG from the S wave to the T wave. In this context, it would be ST elevation.

SaludoZ!

Dr. Jason Faulkner
Local time: 11:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 1062
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sktrans
0 min
agree  Jorge Arteaga M.D.
14 mins
agree  Robert Copeland: Hi Jason, for some reason your response did not appear when I went to post, then I went back, and it was here?!?-This is correct.....
25 mins
agree  Egmont
3 hrs
agree  Roxanna Delgado
6 hrs
agree  João Ramos
18 hrs
agree  Alvaro Aliaga
23 hrs
agree  Rita Tepper
3 days 9 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ST segment elevation


Explanation:
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st depression
ST segment elevation decreases as T wave inversion begins. ST segments may remain
elevated ... The T wave begins early, adding elevation to the ST segment. ...
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NEJM -- ST-Segment Elevation in Conditions Other Than Acute ...
Review Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- ST-Segment Elevation
in Conditions Other Than Acute Myocardial Infarction.
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Elevation of the origin of the ST segment at its junction with the QRS(J-point)
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Robert Copeland
United States
Local time: 13:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 191
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