Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
gran Bx
English translation:
large ramus (intermedius) / intermediate artery
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Charles Davis
Nov 2, 2015 15:43
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gran Bx
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This is an angiography report and I'm stuck with Bx - can't find any references.
...con lesiones en DA ostial y gran Bx realizandose angioplastia con implantacion de stents farmacoactivos en DA ostial, Bx ostial y ATCP on balon en bifurcación de Bx a nivel más distal...
Thanks for your help!
...con lesiones en DA ostial y gran Bx realizandose angioplastia con implantacion de stents farmacoactivos en DA ostial, Bx ostial y ATCP on balon en bifurcación de Bx a nivel más distal...
Thanks for your help!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | large ramus (intermedius) / intermediate artery |
Charles Davis
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| 4 | large circumflex artery |
liz askew
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Nov 2, 2015 16:29: Shera Lyn Parpia changed "Language pair" from "Italian to English" to "Spanish to English"
Nov 3, 2015 20:51: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
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large ramus (intermedius) / intermediate artery
It's not a typo, or at least it doesn't have to be. Bx is an abbreviation for bisectriz, which is another name for the ramus or intermediate artery, present in about 15-30% of the population. It's when there's an extra branch at the bifurcation of the left main coronary artery, making it a trifurcation.
There are quite a few references out there, including, for example, this book, Guía MIR: Las claves de la preparación, where you would not expect to find a typo of Bx for Cx:
https://books.google.es/books?id=F6ahNLlttesC&pg=PA371&lpg=P...
"CX Arteria circunfleja
"BX Arteria bisectríz o intermedia"
Tesis doctoral: "Evolución de la cirugía coronaria mediante técnica de revascularización arterial completa sin circulación extracorpórea"
http://digibug.ugr.es/bitstream/10481/668/2/15474604.pdf.txt
"La arteria coronaria izquierda está formada por un tronco común, o tronco principal, que desde la aorta se dirige hacia la izquierda. Este tronco suele ser de pocos milímetros de longitud, dividiéndose rápidamente en dos grandes ramas, la arteria interventricular anterior y la circunfleja. En ocasiones, el tronco común se trifurca, dando también la denominada “arteria bisectriz” o “ramus intermedio”, que surge entre las dos anteriores. Existen casos en los que el tronco izquierdo se divide en más de 3 ramas."
http://www.webdelcorazon.com/index.php/inicio/29-isquemica/1...
"The ramus intermedius is a variant coronary artery resulting from trifurcation of the left main coronary artery 1. It is present in ~20% (range 15-30%) 2-3 of the population."
http://radiopaedia.org/articles/ramus-intermedius-artery
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Some further corroboration of the use of the abbreviation:
"La coronariografía (Figura 3 [TCI: tronco coronario izquierdo; DA: descendente anterior; Cx: circunfleja; Bx: bisectriz; CD: coronaria derecha]) mostró una oclusión crónica en la descendente anterior proximal."
Francisco J. Hernández-Péreza et al.
Quiste cardiaco gigante: imagen singular de aneurisma ventricular
Revista Española de Cardiología, 67(5), 2014
The journal's own English translation uses "Int, intermediate branch" for this.
http://www.revespcardiol.org/en/quiste-cardiaco-gigante-imag...
Bx can also mean biopsy, but I don't think that can be the meaning here. See this glossary (near end of p. 23):
http://www.hipertensionpulmonar.es/pdf/publicaciones/publica...
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And a penny has just dropped: in my first reference above (the Guía MIR) Bx does mean biopsy, so ignore that one please! Sorry.
There are quite a few references out there, including, for example, this book, Guía MIR: Las claves de la preparación, where you would not expect to find a typo of Bx for Cx:
https://books.google.es/books?id=F6ahNLlttesC&pg=PA371&lpg=P...
"CX Arteria circunfleja
"BX Arteria bisectríz o intermedia"
Tesis doctoral: "Evolución de la cirugía coronaria mediante técnica de revascularización arterial completa sin circulación extracorpórea"
http://digibug.ugr.es/bitstream/10481/668/2/15474604.pdf.txt
"La arteria coronaria izquierda está formada por un tronco común, o tronco principal, que desde la aorta se dirige hacia la izquierda. Este tronco suele ser de pocos milímetros de longitud, dividiéndose rápidamente en dos grandes ramas, la arteria interventricular anterior y la circunfleja. En ocasiones, el tronco común se trifurca, dando también la denominada “arteria bisectriz” o “ramus intermedio”, que surge entre las dos anteriores. Existen casos en los que el tronco izquierdo se divide en más de 3 ramas."
http://www.webdelcorazon.com/index.php/inicio/29-isquemica/1...
"The ramus intermedius is a variant coronary artery resulting from trifurcation of the left main coronary artery 1. It is present in ~20% (range 15-30%) 2-3 of the population."
http://radiopaedia.org/articles/ramus-intermedius-artery
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Note added at 17 hrs (2015-11-03 09:25:46 GMT)
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Some further corroboration of the use of the abbreviation:
"La coronariografía (Figura 3 [TCI: tronco coronario izquierdo; DA: descendente anterior; Cx: circunfleja; Bx: bisectriz; CD: coronaria derecha]) mostró una oclusión crónica en la descendente anterior proximal."
Francisco J. Hernández-Péreza et al.
Quiste cardiaco gigante: imagen singular de aneurisma ventricular
Revista Española de Cardiología, 67(5), 2014
The journal's own English translation uses "Int, intermediate branch" for this.
http://www.revespcardiol.org/en/quiste-cardiaco-gigante-imag...
Bx can also mean biopsy, but I don't think that can be the meaning here. See this glossary (near end of p. 23):
http://www.hipertensionpulmonar.es/pdf/publicaciones/publica...
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Note added at 17 hrs (2015-11-03 09:30:25 GMT)
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And a penny has just dropped: in my first reference above (the Guía MIR) Bx does mean biopsy, so ignore that one please! Sorry.
Peer comment(s):
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Joseph Tein
: Hi Charles, I think this is correct ... bravo. You don't find many examples of it, though, and I also found one site that abbreviates it as "Bz"
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Hi Joe. Thanks a lot :-) I certainly didn't know this; I didn't even know there was such a thing! But you know how it is, sometimes it just doesn't smell like a typo.
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lorenab23
: Bravo!!!
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Thank you so much, as ever :-)
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Mónica Belén Colacilli
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Thanks, Mónica :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Charles, I think you have hit the nail on the head as this is mentioned later on in the report - I didn't put tow and two together. I really appreciate your help. Thank Liz for your suggestions too. "
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large circumflex artery
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sorry
large diameter circumflex artery
http://www.hemodinamiadelsur.com.ar/foro/showmessage.asp?id=...
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Vulnerable Carina Anatomy and Ostial Lesions in the Left ...
www.revespcardiol.org/en/vulnerable-carina...and-ostial/......
by A Medina - 2009 - Cited by 6 - Related articles
However, significant focal damage was observed in the circumflex ostium in 7 (10%) patients, three of whom needed treatment. The mean protrusion of the stent ...
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Bifurcation Lesions - Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
circinterventions.ahajournals.org/content/3/2/94.full
by A Colombo - 2010 - Cited by 10 - Related articles
20 Apr 2010 - Bifurcation lesions historically have been associated with high restenosis ... of the bifurcation, namely the LMCA, LAD, and circumflex artery.
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-11-02 17:23:02 GMT)
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sorry
large diameter circumflex artery
http://www.hemodinamiadelsur.com.ar/foro/showmessage.asp?id=...
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-11-02 17:24:49 GMT)
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Vulnerable Carina Anatomy and Ostial Lesions in the Left ...
www.revespcardiol.org/en/vulnerable-carina...and-ostial/......
by A Medina - 2009 - Cited by 6 - Related articles
However, significant focal damage was observed in the circumflex ostium in 7 (10%) patients, three of whom needed treatment. The mean protrusion of the stent ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-11-02 17:25:39 GMT)
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Bifurcation Lesions - Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
circinterventions.ahajournals.org/content/3/2/94.full
by A Colombo - 2010 - Cited by 10 - Related articles
20 Apr 2010 - Bifurcation lesions historically have been associated with high restenosis ... of the bifurcation, namely the LMCA, LAD, and circumflex artery.
Discussion
must be a typo for Cx.