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occuloplasty reflex

Spanish translation: "Reflejo óculo-angioplástico"

07:31 Sep 27, 2000
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical
English term or phrase: occuloplasty reflex
It is a text on cardiopaty treatments.
It reads: a study indicates that the "occuloanuioplasty reflex" must be supressed to reduce the number of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures...
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Spanish translation:"Reflejo óculo-angioplástico"
Explanation:
Es una expresión irónica que se refiere al médico (no al paciente), el cual es cardiólogo intervencionista.

Al visualizar lesiones coronarias en la coronariografía, algunos médicos no pueden contener el impulso de realizar una angioplastia (PTCA), aún si la lesión coronaria no era severa (y por lo tanto no requería tratamiento).

Es un reflejo entre el ojo (del médico) y su mano (que realiza la PTCA).
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"Reflejo óculo-angioplástico"


Explanation:
Es una expresión irónica que se refiere al médico (no al paciente), el cual es cardiólogo intervencionista.

Al visualizar lesiones coronarias en la coronariografía, algunos médicos no pueden contener el impulso de realizar una angioplastia (PTCA), aún si la lesión coronaria no era severa (y por lo tanto no requería tratamiento).

Es un reflejo entre el ojo (del médico) y su mano (que realiza la PTCA).
Suerte
Elena


    I'm a cardiologist in the USA
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