(стенки) уплотнены не утолщены

19:18 Oct 3, 2013
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Medical - Medical: Cardiology
Russian term or phrase: (стенки) уплотнены не утолщены
Эхокардиограмма. Как различить понятия "уплотнены" и "утолщены" по-англ.? Thickened и ?
Marina Krukovich
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1hardened, but not thickened
Yuri Radcev
3stiff but not thick
Vaddy Peters
Summary of reference entries provided
svetlana cosquéric

  

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stiff but not thick


Explanation:
Aging changes in the heart and blood vessels: MedlinePlus Medical ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/004006.htm
The main artery from the heart (aorta) becomes thicker, stiffer, and less flexible. This is probably related to changes in the connective tissue of the blood vessel

Vaddy Peters
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hardened, but not thickened


Explanation:
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Yuri Radcev
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agree  cyhul
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Reference information:
плотная стенка например: dense ventricular walls

утолщённая стенка: the muscular wall of the main pumping chamber of the heart (left ventricle) is abnormally thickened

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/108/19/e133.full

http://www.ehow.com/about_5444919_walls-much-thicker-walls-a...

svetlana cosquéric
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