List of eponymous cardiovascular signs

Eponymous signs in cardiology are medical signs relating to diseases of the heart and blood vessels, and are named for individuals.[1][2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Endocarditis
* 2 Aneurysm
* 3 Brockenbrough-Braunwald-Morrow sign
* 4 Venous
* 5 Other
* 6 See also
* 7 References

## Endocarditis[edit | edit source]

Signs relating to endocarditis Sign | Named for | Description | Method | Image

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Roth spots | Moritz Roth | Red spots on retina with pale centre.[4] | Appearance on fundoscopy |
Janeway lesion | Edward Gamaliel Janeway | Non-tender irregular reddish spots on the palms or soles.[5] | Appearance and touch |
Osler node | William Osler | Tender pinky-purple small bumps on typically fingers and toes.[5] | Appearance and touch |

## Aneurysm[edit | edit source]

Signs relating to aneurysm Sign | Named for | Description | Method | Image

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Bozzolo sign | Camillo Bozzolo | Appearance of pulsating blood vessels in nose associated with intrathoracic aneurysm.[6] |  |
Broadbent sign | William Broadbent and Walter Broadbent | 1\. Observation of pulsations in the 2nd or 3rd intercostal space in a person with aneurysm of the anterior aortic arch.

2\. The in-drawing of the left side and back near the 11th and 12th ribs with every heartbeat, indicating pericarditis due to pericardial adhesions to the diaphragm.[7]

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Bryant sign | John Henry Bryant |  |  |
Cardarelli sign | Antonio Cardarelli | Abnormal feeling of pulse to the right of trachea in aneurysm of aortic arch | Touch |
Castellino sign | Pietro Francesco Castellino |  |  |
Chalier sign |  |  |  |
Cheesman sign | William Sanderson Cheesman | medical sign heard in aneurysm of the thoracic aorta, in which instead of breathing out in one even sound, the breath out sounds like a series of whiffs. |  |
Corrigan sign | Dominic Corrigan | Observation of pulsating arteries in the upper body (subclavian and brachial arteries) in people with aneurysm of ascending aorta or aortic arch.[8] | Observation |
D'Amato sign |  |  |  |
Delbet sign |  |  |  |
Dorendorf sign | Hans Dorendorf |  |  |
Drummond sign | David Drummond |  |  |
Glasgow sign | William Carr Glasgow |  |  |
Hall sign | Francis de Havilland Hall |  |  |
Henle-Coenen sign |  |  |  |
Hope sign | James Hope |  |  |
Jaccoud sign | Sigismond Jaccoud |  |  |
Logue sign |  | pulsation of a sternoclavicular joint in aneurysm of aorta |  | [9]
Müller sign | Friedrich von Müller |  |  |
Nissim sign |  |  |  |
Porter sign | William Henry Porter |  |  |
Potain sign | Pierre Potain |  |  |
Oliver sign | William Silver Oliver |  |  |
Quenu-Muret sign |  |  |  |
Quincke sign | Heinrich Quincke |  |  |
Roesler sign |  |  |  |
Sabathie sign |  |  |  |
Sansom sign | Arthur Ernest Sansom |  |  |
Shennan sign |  |  |  | [10]
Steell sign | Graham Steell |  |  |
Traube sign | Ludwig Traube | "pistol-shot" systolic and diastolic sounds heard over the femoral artery in aortic regurgitation[11] | Listening with stethoscope |
Von Frisch sign |  |  |  |

## Brockenbrough-Braunwald-Morrow sign[edit | edit source]

caption  Sign | Named for | Description | Method | Image

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Brockenbrough-Braunwald-Morrow sign | E. C. Brockenbrough, Eugene Braunwald, Andrew G. Morrows | To detect left ventricular outlaw obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.[12][13] | Cardiac catheterisation |

## Venous[edit | edit source]

* Friedreich's sign

## Other[edit | edit source]

* Beck's triad (cardiology)
* Duroziez's sign

## See also[edit | edit source]

* List of eponymous medical signs

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Camm, Christian Fielder; Camm, A. John (2016). "1. Examination techniques". Clinical Guide to Cardiology. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. p. 10\. ISBN 978-1-118-75533-4. Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
2. ↑ Werneck, Alexandre Lins; Batigália, Fernando (2011). "Anatomical eponyms in Cardiology from to the 60s to the XXI century". Revista Brasileira De Cirurgia Cardiovascular: Orgao Oficial Da Sociedade Brasileira De Cirurgia Cardiovascular. 26 (1): 98–106. doi:10.1590/s0102-76382011000100018. PMID 21881718. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
3. ↑ Zacek, Pavel (2018). "5. Eponyms linked with aortic regurgitation". In Vojacek, Jan; Zacek, Pavel; Dominik, Jan (eds.). Aortic Regurgitation. Springer. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-3-319-74213-7. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
4. ↑ Yale, Steven H.; Tekiner, Halil; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Eileen S.; Yale, Ryan C. (2021). "3. Endocarditis". Cardiovascular Eponymic Signs: Diagnostic Skills Applied During the Physical Examination. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 78–82. ISBN 978-3-030-67595-0. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Parashar, Krishan; Daveluy, Steven (2022). "Osler Node and Janeway Lesions". StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. PMID 32491553. Archived from the original on 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
6. ↑ Yale, Steven H.; Tekiner, Halil; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Eileen S.; Yale, Ryan C. (2021). "1. Aneurysm". Cardiovascular Eponymic Signs: Diagnostic Skills Applied During the Physical Examination. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 16–18. ISBN 978-3-030-67595-0. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
7. ↑ Yale, Steven H.; Tekiner, Halil; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Eileen S.; Yale, Ryan C. (2021). "14. Pulsation". Cardiovascular Eponymic Signs: Diagnostic Skills Applied During the Physical Examination. Switzerland: Springer. p. 311\. ISBN 978-3-030-67595-0. Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
8. ↑ Yale, Steven H.; Tekiner, Halil; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Eileen S.; Yale, Ryan C. (2021). "1. Aneurysm". Cardiovascular Eponymic Signs: Diagnostic Skills Applied During the Physical Examination. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-3-030-67595-0. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
9. ↑ Logue, R. B.; Sikes, C. (5 April 1952). "A new sign in dissecting aneurysm of aorta: pulsation of a sternoclavicular joint". Journal of the American Medical Association. 148 (14): 1209–1212. doi:10.1001/jama.1952.02930140041013. ISSN 0002-9955. PMID 14907361. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
10. ↑ Shennan, T.; Niven, Wm. (April 1925). "Unusually large cardiac aneurysm". The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 28 (2): 390–392. doi:10.1002/path.1700280225. ISSN 0368-3494. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
11. ↑ Dewaswala, Nakeya; Chait, Robert (2022). "Aortic Regurgitation". StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. Archived from the original on 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
12. ↑ Cui, Hao; Schaff, Hartzell V. (2020). "80. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy". In Raja, Shahzad G. (ed.). Cardiac Surgery: A Complete Guide. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 735–748. ISBN 978-3-030-24176-6. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
13. ↑ Yale, Steven H.; Tekiner, Halil; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Eileen S.; Yale, Ryan C. (2021). "18. Vital signs". Cardiovascular Eponymic Signs: Diagnostic Skills Applied During the Physical Examination. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-3-030-67595-0. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2023-05-28.