Duroziez's sign
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Femoral artery
Duroziez's sign is a sign of Aortic insufficiency.[1] It consists of an audible diastolic murmur which can be heard over the femoral artery when it is compressed with the bell of a stethoscope.[2]
It is named for Paul Louis Duroziez.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Babu AN, Kymes SM, Carpenter Fryer SM (May 2003). "Eponyms and the diagnosis of aortic regurgitation: what says the evidence?". Ann. Intern. Med. 138 (9): 736–42. PMID 12729428.
- ↑ Huon H Gray et al, "Examination of the Head and Neck, Chapter 2: The Cardiovascular system, Lecture Notes on Cardiology, 4th Edtn, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 2002
- ↑ synd/2737 at Who Named It?
- ↑ P. L. Duroziez. Du double souffle intermittent crural, comme signe de l’insuffisance aortique. Archives générales de médecine, Paris, 1861, 5 sér., 17: 417-443, 588-605.
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