Levine's sign
| Levine's sign | |
|---|---|
| Differential diagnosis | ischemic chest pain |
Levine's sign is a clenched fist held over the
chest to describe ischemic chest pain.[1]
It is named for
angina pectoris).[citation needed
]
A variant of this sign, which uses the entire palm instead of the clenched fist over the chest, is commonly known as the palm sign, and in Latin America it is widely referred to as Cossio's Sign, Cossio-Levine Sign or Fuchs-Levine Sign. Argentine cardiologist Pedro Alurralde Cossio (1900-1986) who described the sign in 1934. Brazilian cardiologist Flávio Danni Fuchs (1950-) is also attributed as having described the sign.[2]
References
- PMID 8541748.
- ^ "Pedro Cossio - NeglectedScience". www.neglectedscience.com.
