Gibson murmur
Gibson murmur (machinery murmur) associated with patent ductus arteriosus. Eponymously affiliated with George Alexander Gibson (1906)
Category Cardiology
Cole-Cecil murmur
Early diastolic murmur of aortic insufficiency radiating with axillary radiation. (1908) Cole and Cecil examined 17 patients with provisonal diagnosis of aortic insufficiency and mapped the site of maximal intensity and axillary radiation of the early diastolic murmur.Early diastolic murmur of aortic insufficiency radiating with axillary radiation.
Rufus Cole
Rufus Ivory Cole (1872 - 1966) was an American physician, and the first director of the Rockefellar Institute for Medical Research. Cole-Cecil Murmur
ECG Mastery: Pauses on the ECG
Medmastery video: Have you ever seen pauses on the ECG? In this module, we’ll review when and why to worry...and how to keep your cool.
ECG Mastery: Atrial hypertrophy and low voltage
ECG Mastery: Atrial hypertrophy and low voltage. Learn how to diagnose atrial hypertrophy and atrial enlargement on the ECG in this video.
Aortic Regurgitation Eponymythology
Chronological review of the clinical signs aortic regurgitation / insufficiency. 31 eponyms proposed by Ashrafian (2005) and Zacek (2018)
ECG Mastery: High degree AV blocks
Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website. In this video, we look at high degree AV blocks on the ECG; the types of blocks and their clinical implications
Elena Sgarbossa
Elena B. Sgarbossa is a cardiologist, medical writer and translator. Eponymously affiliated with Sgarbossa criteria with LBBB in AMI
David A. Rytand
David Abramson Rytland (1909 - 1991) was an American physician and cardiologist. Rytand murmur (1946), Rytand's law (1951)
Rytand murmur
Rytand murmur: Mid-late blowing diastolic murmur heard occasionally in patients with complete atrioventricular heart block.
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.