Ottomar Ernst Felix Rosenbach (1851 – 1907) was a German physician. Rosenbach sign of aortic regurgitation (1878), Rosenbach sign of autoimmune hyperthyroidism, Rosenbach-Semon Law (1880), and Rosenbach test (1880).
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Joseph Skoda
Joseph Škoda (1805–1881) was a Czech physician. Eponym: Skodaic ressonance (1837) – third class of percussion sounds
Angelo Mosso
Angelo Mosso (1846-1910) was an Italian physiologist, archaeologist, politician, mountain climber and teacher.
Aortic Regurgitation Eponymythology
Chronological review of the clinical signs aortic regurgitation / insufficiency. 31 eponyms proposed by Ashrafian (2005) and Zacek (2018)
CXR Case 157
A 79 year old female with a history of atrial fibrillation and hypertension presents with increasing dyspnea. Interpret the evolving CXR’s
Elena Sgarbossa
Elena B. Sgarbossa is a cardiologist, medical writer and translator. Eponymously affiliated with Sgarbossa criteria with LBBB in AMI
William Ewart
William Ewart (1848 – 1929) was an English physician. Ewart signs of pericardial effusion (1896) and his twelve signs of pericardial effusion
CXR eponyms in pulmonary embolism
Eponymythology associated with chest X-ray signs in pulmonary embolus and pulmonary infarction. We review related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology
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.
Walter Holbrook Gaskell
Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1847-1914) was a British physiologist central to our current understanding of cardiac physiology
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