Twelve eponymous signs of aortic regurgitation

Aortic insufficiency (AI), also known as aortic regurgitation (AR), is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. As a consequence, the cardiac muscle is forced to work harder than normal.

1. Twelve Eponymous Signs of Aortic Regurgitation Alphabetical

2. Austin Flint murmur Mid-diastolic murmur not due to organic mitral stenosis

3. Corrigan pulse Collapsing pulse or water-hammer pulse

4. de Musset sign Head bobbing with each heart beat

5. Duroziez sign To-and-fro femoral arterial sounds under compression

6. Gerhard sign Pulsatile spleen

7. Hill sign Higher systolic blood pressure in legs than arms

8. Mayne sign Drop in diastolic pressure 15 mm Hg on arm elevation

9. Mueller sign Pulsatile uvula

10. Quincke sign Exaggerated capillary pulsation of nail bed

11. Rosenbach sign Pulsatile liver

12. Traube sign Booming systolic and diastolic sounds (“pistol shot”) heard over femoral artery under light compression

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