Rivero-Carvallo sign
Accentuation of the murmur of tricuspid stenosis with inspiration described by Mexican cardiologist José Manuel Rivero Carvallo (1905–1993) in 1946
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 322
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José Manuel Rivero-Carvallo
José Manuel Rivero-Carvallo (1905-1993) Mexican cardiologist. Rivero Carvallo sign (1946), enhanced murmur of tricuspid regurgitation on inspiration
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Ella H. Oppenheimer
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Judith G. Hall
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