TTUS

English translation: High Sensitivity Troponin T (hsTNT)

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Spanish term or phrase:TTUS
English translation:High Sensitivity Troponin T (hsTNT)
Entered by: David Russell

08:41 Feb 21, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology / Tests
Spanish term or phrase: TTUS
This comes from the discharge report on a cardiology patient who underwent a number of tests after chest pain in an Argentinian hospital, hence it is Argentinian Spanish:

The sentence is:
Es valorado en guardia se realiza ecg; sin signos de isquemia aguda, ***TTUS***: 12/14, se interpreta cuadro como angina inestabie de bajo riesgo se decide internación en unidad de cuidados coronarios y se planifica CCG
David Russell
Spain
Local time: 06:27
High Sensitivity Troponin T (hsTNT)
Explanation:
In this context

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.8...

TTUS: Troponina T ultrasensible


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Note added at 4 horas (2019-02-21 13:39:20 GMT)
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12/14 is a normal value for this test

http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S...
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María Patricia Arce
Argentina
Local time: 01:27
Grading comment
Definitely this. Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3High Sensitivity Troponin T (hsTNT)
María Patricia Arce
4 +1Transthoracic Ultrasound
David Brown


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Transthoracic Ultrasound


Explanation:
Just to confuse us English abbreviation

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Note added at 7 mins (2019-02-21 08:48:17 GMT)
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The Impact of Trans-thoracic Ultrasound on Cardiac Injuries - NCBI - NIH
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663902/
by JM Plummer - ‎2014 - ‎Cited by 2 - ‎Related articles
To determine the impact of trans-thoracic ultrasound (TTUS) in patients with chest trauma and potential cardiac injuries and to determine the outcome of patients .

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Note added at 26 mins (2019-02-21 09:07:27 GMT)
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Remember this is the British English expression... TTE transthoracic echocardiography. TTU trans-thoracic ultrasonography, etc

David Brown
Spain
Local time: 06:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 77

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew
18 mins
  -> Thanks Liz
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
High Sensitivity Troponin T (hsTNT)


Explanation:
In this context

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.8...

TTUS: Troponina T ultrasensible


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Note added at 4 horas (2019-02-21 13:39:20 GMT)
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12/14 is a normal value for this test

http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S...

María Patricia Arce
Argentina
Local time: 01:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 47
Grading comment
Definitely this. Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chema Nieto Castañón: Sin ninguna duda el original se refiere a troponina T ultrasensible. El valor 12 es el resultado específico mientras que 14 indica en este caso el umbral por encima del cual se sospecha lesión miocárdica.
46 mins
  -> Gracias Chema!

agree  Leda Roche: Ultrasensitive (to match the acronym)
1 hr
  -> Gracias Leda, pero el acrónimo correcto en inglés para la misma prueba es hsTNT

agree  David Brown: oops! I think your right! Jumped to conclusions too early
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, David!
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