Taber's Medical Dictionary
Carvallo sign
(kar-val′yō, -va′yō)
[J. M. Rivero-Carvallo, contemporary Mexican physician]
An increase in intensity of the presystolic murmur heard in patients with tricuspid stenosis during inspiration, and its decrease during expiration. This is best demonstrated with the patient in an erect position.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Carvallo Sign." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756440/all/Carvallo_sign.
Carvallo sign. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756440/all/Carvallo_sign. Accessed March 25, 2023.
Carvallo sign. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756440/all/Carvallo_sign
Carvallo Sign [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 25]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756440/all/Carvallo_sign.
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