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vascular shunt

Spanish translation: shunt vascular

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English term or phrase:vascular shunt
Spanish translation:shunt vascular
Entered by: Candace Holt Ryan

13:24 Jul 10, 2014
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology / Anatomy
English term or phrase: vascular shunt
In most body regions, a capillary bed consists of two types of vessels: (1) a vascular shunt, a vessel that directly connects the arteriole and venule at opposite ends of the bed...
IgnacioGarof (X)
Local time: 07:05
shunt vascular
Explanation:
The word shunt is very often used in English. From the context provided, we can assume that this is not the result of a surgical procedure.

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Note added at 54 mins (2014-07-10 14:19:47 GMT)
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Here's another explanation, from Portales médicos: Puede ser natural (shunt portocava, comunicación entre las cavidades derecha e izquierda del corazón, entre aorta y arteria pulmonar, aneurisma arteriovenoso);
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Candace Holt Ryan
United States
Local time: 04:05
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Summary of answers provided
5cortocircuito vascular
Marcelo de las Heras
4anastomosis arteriovenosa / vascular
Daphne Consigliere, R.N.
4shunt vascular
Candace Holt Ryan
4by-pass vascular
Susana Cabello M.


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cortocircuito vascular


Explanation:
Generalmente se traduce así, se podría poner "puente" pero la mayoría prefiere cortocircuito. Envío algunos ejemplos. Saludos.

Example sentence(s):
  • a la sangre arterializada en el resto del pulmón se agrega sangre que conserva totalmente su carácter venoso, lo que se constituye un cortocircuito ( shunt en ingles)
  • El shunt o cortocircuito sanguíneo fisiológico es definido como un incremento en...

    Reference: http://tratado.uninet.edu/c020204.html
    Reference: http://med.javeriana.edu.co/fisiologia/nguias/other/relvq.tx...
Marcelo de las Heras
Argentina
Local time: 08:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
anastomosis arteriovenosa / vascular


Explanation:
lecho capilar
red de capilares / anastomosis arteriovenosas
vénulas / arteriolas
arterias y venas
aorte y cava
de más pequeño a más grande


    Reference: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b9mqpteWv9I/TcCLNVsUXdI/AAAAAAAAAC...
Daphne Consigliere, R.N.
Local time: 06:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
shunt vascular


Explanation:
The word shunt is very often used in English. From the context provided, we can assume that this is not the result of a surgical procedure.

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Note added at 54 mins (2014-07-10 14:19:47 GMT)
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Here's another explanation, from Portales médicos: Puede ser natural (shunt portocava, comunicación entre las cavidades derecha e izquierda del corazón, entre aorta y arteria pulmonar, aneurisma arteriovenoso);

Example sentence(s):
  • En medicina, se le llama shunt a un agujero o pasaje que permite el paso anómalo de fluidos de un lado del cuerpo humano a otro. El término incluye shunts congénitos y los adquiridos—también llamados iatrogénicos—causados por entidades biológica
  • En ingl., derivación). Comunicación anormal de dos partes del aparato cardiovascular, con distintas presiones y entre las cuales la sangre no circula normalmente hasta después de haber recorrido un territorio vascular más o menos extenso, y que, por c

    Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunt_(medicina)
    Reference: http://www.portalesmedicos.com/diccionario_medico/index.php/...
Candace Holt Ryan
United States
Local time: 04:05
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by-pass vascular


Explanation:
o también "derivación".

Susana Cabello M.
Chile
Local time: 07:05
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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