Lancisi's sign is a clinical sign in which a large venous wave, or Giant V wave, is visible in the jugular vein in patients with tricuspid regurgitation. It is caused by blood flowing backwards into the jugular vein through the incompetent tricuspid valve during ventricular systole.[1]
The sign is named after Giovanni Maria Lancisi.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ Lancisi's sign Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at Mondofacto online dictionary
- ^ Giovanni Maria Lancisi at TheFreeDictionary.com
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