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Carvallo's sign
Associated persons:
José Manuel Rivero Carvallo
Description:
The increase in the intensity of the pansystolic murmur of tricuspid regurgitation during inspiration. This distinguishes tricuspid from mitral involvement.
We thank Tim Dutta for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- J. M. Rivero-Carvallo:
Signo para el diagnostico de las insuficiencias tricuspideas.
Archivos del Instituto de cardiologia de Mexico, Mexico, 1946, 16: 531.
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