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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

ICS

English answer:

intracoronary stenting

Added to glossary by literary
Jan 10, 2011 19:54
13 yrs ago
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English term

ICS

English Medical Medical (general)
"normal LV (left ventricle) function by cath done at OSH for ICS"
in the medical history of a person examined at a New York Hospital
Responses
3 +1 intracardiac shunt
5 -2 intercostal space
3 intermediate coronary syndrome

Discussion

literary (asker) Jan 13, 2011:
@lirka
OK, better late than never!
Lirka Jan 12, 2011:
@Asker You should have offered us this quote initially. It's obvious now :)
MMUlr Jan 12, 2011:
@Sharon Thank you for this confirmation :-)
Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL Jan 12, 2011:
Just FYI Hi, I've just asked a friend who's a doctor, and she told me that ICS may stand for intracoronary stenting, which is indeed the name of a procedure.
literary (asker) Jan 12, 2011:
I'm 100% sure because it says in another part of the text:

RCA Mid Pre Stenosis Post Stenosis
Procedure: ICS
Catherer
Guidewire
Stent
Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL Jan 12, 2011:
While I have no conclusive idea of what ICS really is (my previous answer doesn't seem to make too much sense, so I hid it), I agree with lirka's point. I, too, don't think that ICS is a procedure.
Lirka Jan 11, 2011:
@Asker What makes you think that it's a procedure? It says *for*. Usually, that indicates a condition.
literary (asker) Jan 10, 2011:
ICS is a procedure in cardiology

Responses

+1
16 hrs
Selected

intracardiac shunt

IMO this is not a procedure; the procedure in question is the function assessment "by cath", the reason: intracardiac shunt suspected ...

One of many refs. supporting this meaning:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16137505

HTH

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Note added at 20 hrs (2011-01-11 16:01:01 GMT)
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Now IMO this is the solution:
ICS may mean also:

--> *intracoronary stenting* :-)

What do you think about this?

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Note added at 20 hrs (2011-01-11 16:02:05 GMT)
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And to provide a relevant text to support this expression:

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/114...

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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2011-01-12 10:51:54 GMT)
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Now - I hope that moderators will not look right now .... Usually I do not post any Google result pages, but here it's the easiest way:

http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&lr=lang_en&as_qdr=all&tbs=...

(see ICS together with intracoronary stenting)
Note from asker:
I doubt it. The problem was stenosis.
yes, intracoronary stenting sounds OK in my context
Not something one can find on Acronym Finder
Peer comment(s):
neutral Lirka : i recently translated over 50 cath lab reports and have not encountered ICS for 'stenting'. As for intracardiac shunt, I doubt that they'd have to perform cardiac catheterization for it; echo would suffice// in that case, stenting indeed!
9 hrs
lirka, as Asker stated it's definitely a procedure ... pls. see my added note.
agree Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL : As stated in my comment under the discussion section, I agree with intracoronary stenting.
1 day 2 hrs
Thank you, Sharon.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks!"
-2
2 hrs

intercostal space

intercostal space the space between two adjacent ribs.

See also "images for intercostal space".

Count down the ribs from the sternal angle. The normal apex beat should be in the 5th intercostal space in the mid clavicular line. Decide if the apex beat is normal or displaced. Lateral displacement suggests an enlarged heart.
mitral/apex area, (5th intercostal space, ICS, mid clavicular line)
www.n3wt.nildram.co.uk/exam/cardio/

Peer comment(s):
disagree Siegfried Armbruster : "...for intercostal space"? HLHR
7 hrs
Thanks, you are right. I was only concentrating on the fact that it is a medical acronym in connection with the chest, and it is usually the one I quoted, but not this time. ;-)
disagree Lirka : very very unlikely in this context :):)//hehe...or buy a washing machine with a time setting. Gorenje is quite good :):) [ now A. Swift will jump]
23 hrs
As I said so. :-) (Lesson: don't answer KudoZ questions at 2 in the morning, while waiting for the washing machine to finish its program).
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1 day 1 hr

intermediate coronary syndrome

could fit since you say the problem was stenosis. coronary catheterization is usually performed

see here: http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM197306072882301
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