Heart Murmur Eponyms

• Austin Flint - low pitch rumbling, mid to late diastolic heard best at the apex in aortic insufficiency.
• Cole Cecil - early diastolic aortic insufficiency murmur conducted to the apex and left axilla.
• Duroziez.
• Gallavardin.

Physical Findings in Chronic Severe Aortic Insufficiency

• Bisferiens pulse: double systolic arterial impulse.
• Corrigan's pulse: prominent pulsations of the carotid arteries.
• De Musset's sign: head nodding with each heart beat.
• Duroziez's sign: systolic and diastolic femoral artery bruit.
• Hill's sign: accentuated leg systolic pressure with greater than 40 mm Hg difference from the brachial artery systolic pressure.
• Muller's sign: pulsation of the uvula with each heart beat.
• Palmar click: palpable systolic flushing of the palms.
• Quincke's pulse: cyclic reddening and blanching of nail capillaries.
• Traube's sign: loud "pistol shot" sound heard over the femoral artery.
• Water hammer pulse: brisk femoral pulsation similar that felt with a water hammer - a Victorian toy. The water hammer was a glass tube filled partly with water or mercury in a vacuum. The water or mercury produced a slapping impact when the glass tube was turned over.

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