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fixer Überleitung

English translation: fixed conduction ratio/fixed block

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German term or phrase:fixer Überleitung
English translation:fixed conduction ratio/fixed block
Entered by: SJLD

17:32 Oct 13, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology
German term or phrase: fixer Überleitung
Found in a cardio patient's medical record among listed diagnoses:

Tachykardes Vorhofflimmern mit *fixer Überleitung* auf die Kammer
Esther Park
United States
Local time: 01:14
fixed block
Explanation:
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular_diso...

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or fixed conduction ratio

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Atrioventricular Block
emedicine.medscape.com/article/151597-overview
12 Aug 2011 – The conduction ratio can be 3:1 or higher, and the PR interval of ... block, in that the P waves that conduct to the QRS complexes occur at fixed intervals. ... AV block may also occur in patients with atrial fibrillation (see the Atrial
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SJLD
Local time: 10:14
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2fixed block
SJLD
4fixed AV conduction
casper (X)
4atrial fibrillation with fixed rapid [ventricular] conduction
Lirka


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fixed block


Explanation:
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular_diso...

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Note added at 6 mins (2011-10-13 17:39:44 GMT)
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or fixed conduction ratio

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-10-13 17:40:21 GMT)
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Atrioventricular Block
emedicine.medscape.com/article/151597-overview
12 Aug 2011 – The conduction ratio can be 3:1 or higher, and the PR interval of ... block, in that the P waves that conduct to the QRS complexes occur at fixed intervals. ... AV block may also occur in patients with atrial fibrillation (see the Atrial

SJLD
Local time: 10:14
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agree  Siegfried Armbruster: I agree with your translation, but in atrial fibrillation, there are no P waves // that is why I agree with your translation, the 2n part of my comment is more targeted at the source text.
52 mins
  -> no - the ref above is just to show "conduction ratio" - I think the pt probably has atrial flutter rather than fibrillation/OK - thanks Doc :-)
agree  uyuni: with "fixed conduction ratio". @Siegfried: P-waves in AF may be high in frequency, low in amplitude and thus hard to detect or sometimes hardly visible. But after all, there *are* P-waves in AF. The text might indeed be about atrial flutter, though... ;-)
1 hr
  -> thanks uyuni :-)
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fixed AV conduction


Explanation:
"atrial fibrillation" "fixed AV conduction"
http://tinyurl.com/5rwho2c

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'Kammer' refers to 'ventricle'.

fixe Überleitung auf die Kammer = fixed AV conduction to ventricles
http://tinyurl.com/6z9kybm

casper (X)
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
atrial fibrillation with fixed rapid [ventricular] conduction


Explanation:
This is how I would phrase it. Note that atrial flutter, rather than fibrillation, is typically characterized by a fixed conduction; however, it is also possible in fibrillation.

FYI, 'fixed' as opposed to 'variable'
i.e., atrial flutter can also exist with a rapid but variable ventricular conduction

See here:

http://www.ebmedicine.net/topics.php?paction=showTopicSeg&to...


Lirka
Austria
Local time: 10:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 162
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