Duroziez's sign
| Duroziez's sign | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Alvarenga-Duroziez sign |
 | |
| Femoral artery | |
| Differential diagnosis | Aortic insufficiency |
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 French physician Paul Louis Duroziez who published its description in 1861,[3][4] even though it was first described by Portuguese physician Pedro Francisco da Costa Alvarenga in 1855;[5] for this reason it is alternatively known as the Alvarenga-Duroziez sign.
References
- 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
- 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.
- ^ Alvarenga, Pedro Francisco da Costa (1856). Mémoire sur l'insuffisance des valvules aortiques et considérations générales sur les maladies du cœur (in French). Paris: Chez J.-B. Baillière.