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Faustschlag

English translation: (Retrocardiac) thump

11:16 Dec 9, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology / Cardiovascular diseases
German term or phrase: Faustschlag
This forms part of a medical report for a patient with two-vessel CHD with mild LAD and RCA stenosis.

Z.n. pulsloser ventrikulärer Tachykardie mit kurzzeitiger Reanimation und Konversion in den Sinusthythmus nach retrokardialem Faustschlag bei der OP.
Pamela Downes-Grainger
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:17
English translation:(Retrocardiac) thump
Explanation:
A precordial thump with the ulnar aspect of the fist is generally used to interrupt a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia. It seems this procedure was done to reverse an arrhythmia intraoperatively.
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Renee Kulkarni MD
India
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3 +5(Retrocardiac) thump
Renee Kulkarni MD
4precordial thump
Cillie Swart
Summary of reference entries provided
shaking of the heart's posterior surface
José Patrício

  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
(Retrocardiac) thump


Explanation:
A precordial thump with the ulnar aspect of the fist is generally used to interrupt a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia. It seems this procedure was done to reverse an arrhythmia intraoperatively.

Renee Kulkarni MD
India
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
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Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susanne Schiewe
4 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X): agree
1 hr
  -> Many thanks!
agree  philgoddard: I think you should give references, though. The question is "Faustschlag", so this is correct, but precordial gets hits and retrocordial doesn't.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you. I agree with you, though I do not think a retrocardiac thump is common practice. My inference is derived from the precordial maneuver
agree  José Patrício
3 hrs
agree  Anne Schulz: "Retro" must simply be an error
22 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
precordial thump


Explanation:
apparently a procedure to help someone who went through cardiac arrest.


    https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/precordial+thump
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Reference comments


3 hrs
Reference: shaking of the heart's posterior surface

Reference information:
Erschütterung - shake - https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/deutsch-englisch/Erschütteru...
Der präkordiale Faustschlag ist eine gezielte mechanische Erschütterung der vorderen Thoraxwand mit der Absicht, eine Kammertachykardie, ein Kammerflimmern oder eine Asystolie zu beseitigen. - https://flexikon.doccheck.com/de/Präkordialer_Faustschlag
Einengung des Retrokardialraumes - heart posterior surface narrowing
anterior surface of the heart - https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ap2/chapter/heart-ana...
posterior surface of the heart - the same link
Die Illustration hat einen Retroraum mit Lampe -
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/german-to-english/medical-cardiol...

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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