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accident

English translation: event

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French term or phrase:accident
English translation:event
Entered by: tinamenon

14:26 Mar 25, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
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?
tinamenon
Local time: 20:41
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
Local time: 15:41
Grading comment
Many thanks, M. du Verle. To Dr Barnett from Canada too.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1coronary accident
Drmanu49
3 +2event
Hervé du Verle
5Coronary event - further expanation.
Michael Barnett
3episode, incident
cjohnstone


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
episode, incident


Explanation:
just to widen your choice according to your text!

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 21:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 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
Local time: 21:41
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Swatchka
37 mins
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Michael Barnett: Cerebrovascular accident is a well used English expression (741,000 ghits), but "coronary accident"... This is the first time I have ever seen that expression. There are only 177 ghits!//Sorry again, but "coronary syndrome" is even worse. ;-)
6 hrs
  -> What do you suggest? Since diuretics are mentioned maybe it could be coronary heart disease but this is no longer an"accident". And "event" doesn't have the implication that accident has for CVA.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 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
Local time: 15:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Many thanks, M. du Verle. To Dr Barnett from Canada too.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Barnett
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Michael
agree  Dr Sue Levy (X)
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Sue
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
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
Local time: 15:41
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