Les contaba el mes pasado que, allá por los años 1992-1995, el cardiólogo Tsung O. Chen llegó a recopilar más de un millar de siglas y acrónimos correspondientes a ensayos clínicos y estudios cardiológicos. Entre ellos, muchísimos nombres siglados que podían leerse con sentido; y entre los cuales destacan cinco áreas temáticas que parecen ser las preferidas por los cardiólogos:
TÉRMINOS ANATÓMICOSARMS (APSAC Reocclusion Multicenter Study), ATLAS (Assessment of Treatment with Lisinopril and Survival), BRAINS (Biochemical Research and Information Study), CARDIAC (Cardiovascular Disease and Alimentary Comparison), CAVA (Coronary Atherectomy versus Angioplasty), CORDIS (Cardiovascular Occupational Risk Factor Determination in Israel), EARS (European Atherosclerosis Research Study), FACET (Flosequinan ACE-Inhibitor Trial), HEART (Healing and Early Afterload Reducing Therapy), INTIMA (Infusion of Tissue-Plasminogen Activator in Myocardial Infarction at the Acute Phase), PROSTATE (Physicians for Rational Ordering of Screening Tests and Therapeutic Effectiveness) y RADIUS (Routine Antenatal Diagnostic Imaging with Ultrasound).
OTROS TÉRMINOS MÉDICOSACME (Angioplasty Compared to Medicine), ACUTE (Assessment of Cardioversion Utilizing Transesophageal Echocardiography), ASAP (Acetyl Salicylic Acid Persantine), CARE (Carvedilol Atherectomy Restenosis), COBALT (Continuous Infusion vs. Double-Bolus Administration of Alteplase), IMAGE (International Metoprolol/Nifedipine Angina Exercise), INJECT (International Joint Efficacy Comparison of Thrombolytics), PACE (Prevention with Low-Dose Aspirin of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly), PATCH (Planned Approach to Community Health), PQRST (Probucol Quantitative Regression Swedish Trial), PREVENT (Prospective Randomized Evaluation of the Vascular Effects of Norvasc Trial), PROTECT (Perindopril Regression of Vascular Thickness European Community Trial), RALES (Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study), REGRESS (Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study), REPAIR (Reperfusion in Acute Infarction, Rotterdam), RISK (Risk Intervention Skills), SAMPLE (Study on Ambulatory Monitoring of Pressure and Lisinopril Evaluation), STOP-Hypertension (Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension), STRESS (Stent Restenosis Study), TACT (Ticlopidine Angioplasty Coronary Trial) y WALK (Walking with Angina/Learning is Key).
TOPÓNIMOSBARI (Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation), ISLAND (Infarct Size Limitation: Acute N-acetylcysteine Defense), MIAMI (Metoprolol in Acute Myocardial Infarction), NEVADA (Numerical Evaluation of Variance and Dependence Simulation), PARIS (Persantine Aspirin Re-Infarction Study), SIAM (Streptokinase in Acute Myocardial Infarction), THAMES (Tenormin in Hypertension and Myocardial Ischemia Epidemiological Survey), TIBET (Total Ischemic Burden European Trial).
NOMBRES DE MUJERELSA (European Lacidipine Study on Atherosclerosis), ERICA (European Risk and Incidence, a Coordinated Analysis), EVA (European Vascular Agency), GABI (German Angioplasty Bypass Intervention), GRACE (Gianturco Roubin Stent in Acute Closure Evaluation), LARA (Low-dose Aspirin Trial on Restenosis after Angioplasty), MONICA (Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease), NORA (Nordic Research on Aging), PAMELA (Pressioni Arteriose Monitorate eloro Associazioni), PHYLLIS (Plaque Hypertension Lipid-Lowering Italian Study), RITA (Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina), STEPHY (Starnberg Trial on Epidemiology of Parkisonism and Hypertension in the Elderly), VENUS (Very Early Nimodipine Use in Stroke).
ALIMENTOS Y TÉRMINOS GASTRONÓMICOSAPRICOT (Antithrombotics in the Prevention of Reocclusion in Coronary Thrombolysis), BIG-MAC (Beaumont Interventional Group−Mevacor, ACE inhibitor, Colchicine Restenosis), DISH (Dietary Intervention Study of Hypertension), FIG (Flosequinan Investigator Group), GUSTO (Global Utilization of Streptokinase and TPA for Occluded Arteries), KFC (Ketanserin for Carcinoid), SALAD (Surgery vs. Angioplasty for Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Stenosis), SALT (Swedish Aspirin in Low-Dose Trial), SWEET (Square Wave Endurance Exercise Trial), TOAST (Treatment of Acute Stroke Trial).
Fernando A. Navarro
Consejo Editorial, Revista Española de Cardiología
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