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Hodgkin-Key sound
Associated persons:
Thomas Hodgkin
Charles Aston Key
Description:
An auscultation phenomenon typical of aorta insufficiency with destruction of the valve. It is a strong “musical” sound that can sometimes be heard at a distance, resembling the shriek of a seagull, and therefore often referred to as “seagull’s cry”.
Bibliography:
- Th. Hodgkin:
On the retroversion of the valves of the aorta.
London Medical Gazette, 1828; 3: 433-443.
- R. Zuckermann:
Herzauskultation. Leipzig 1963. P 98.
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