Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

hebender Herzspitzenstoß

English translation:

heaving apex beat/apical heave

Added to glossary by cis-med (X)
May 1, 2007 23:02
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German term

hebender Herzspitzenstoß

German to English Medical Medical: Cardiology clinical examination
Findings on clinical examination in a case of refractory hypertension (with left-ventricular hypertrophy and some retinopathy).
Proposed translations (English)
3 +8 heaving apex beat/apical heave
Change log

May 1, 2007 23:59: Johanna Timm, PhD changed "Term asked" from "hebender herzspitzenstoss" to "hebender Herzspitzenstoss"

May 1, 2007 23:59: Johanna Timm, PhD changed "Term asked" from "hebender Herzspitzenstoss" to "hebender Herzspitzenstoß"

May 2, 2008 19:10: cis-med (X) Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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heaving apex beat/apical heave

apex beat thrusting - also known as or related to on examination - apex beat thrusting (finding), beefy apex beat, o/e - apex beat thrusting, hyperkinetic apex beat, apex beat forced, heaving apex beat
http://www.patient.co.uk/leaflets/apex_beat_thrusting.htm

Heaving apex beat
http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/e-books/viewbook.cfm?ID=966

Herzspitzenstoß
engl.: apex beat
ist »hebend« bei linksventrikulärer Herzhypertrophie
http://gripsdb.dimdi.de/rochelexikon/ro15000/r15948.html

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)
Signs of LVH include:
left ventricular heave, forceful apex beat
http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/cache/1214971928.htm

a heave is a palpable impulse that feels as though it lifts your hand from the patient’s chest, e.g. HTN and aortic stenosis causing LVH, mitral stenosis gives a tapping apex beat.
http://torsadedepointes.wordpress.com/tag/clinical-examinati...

Heart Inspection:
Precordial bulge.
Apical heave.
http://www.clinicalexam.com/pda/peds_exam.htm

The heart was enlarged, with a diffuse apical heave...
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/reprint/74/3/307.pdf

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1549922
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