Lenègre-Lev disease: Acquired complete heart block. Fibrous transformation progressive and slow, of degenerative origin, of the two branches of the bundle of His, resulting in progressive conductional disorders:
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Bornholm disease
Bornholm disease: acute, transient viral myositis associated with Coxsackievirus B. Epidemic Myalgia or pleurodynia. Eponym: Ejner Sylvest (1930)
Da Costa syndrome
Da Costa syndrome (soldier’s heart, neurocirculatory asthenia) most commonly considered a manifestation of an anxiety disorder
Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome
Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome (LGL): Proposed pre-excitation syndrome. Accessory pathway composed of James fibres.
Romano-Ward syndrome
Congenital (autosomal dominant) long QT syndrome (LQTS). Unlike Jervell-Lange-Nielsen, there is no congenital hearing loss (deafness) present
Sgarbossa Criteria history
Sgarbossa’s rule, proposed for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block. Sgarbossa Criteria can be used to assist in determining which patients with LBBB are having an AMI.
von Recklinghausen disease
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is the term used to describe a group of genetic disorders primarily affecting the cell growth of neural tissues. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a neurodermal dysplasia, previously known as von Recklinghausen disease. (1882)
Spodick sign
Spodick’s Sign: Stage I Pericarditis, a downsloping of the TP line. Described 1974 by David H Spodick (1927 – ) American Cardiologist.
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