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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]
Duroziez's sign | |
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Other names | Alvarenga-Duroziez sign |
Femoral artery | |
Differential diagnosis | Aortic insufficiency |
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.
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