Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

CATE

English translation:

CATH [(pulmonary artery) catheterization]

Added to glossary by Rachel Fell
Sep 25, 2010 11:18
13 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

CATE

Portuguese to English Medical Medical (general) PAH patient- hospital examination
This is the name of the examination, followed by the date, in which various measurements are taken - PAD (RAP) PAPm (mPAP) etc. - is it "catheter"?
Patient has pulmonary hypertension.

Proposed translations

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pulmonary artery catheterization

Yes, you've got it :) These are all measurements taken from a Swan-Ganz catheter.

RAP = right atrial pressure
mPAP = mean pulmonary artery pressure



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Note added at 1 hr (2010-09-25 12:27:23 GMT)
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In Portuguese, of course—
PAD = pressão atrial direita
PAPm = pressão arterial pulmonar média

http://www.medstudents.com.br/terin/terin1.htm
http://www.rbci.org.br/detalhe_artigo.asp?id=124

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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2010-09-26 14:31:50 GMT)
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By the way, if you need an abbreviation, use "CATH".
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Thank you fv! :-)
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