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Medical condition

Cardarelli's sign
Differential diagnosis	Aneurysm of the aortic arch

Cardarelli's sign is an abnormal pulsation to the right of the trachea that may be found in people with an aneurysm of the aortic arch.

It can be felt by pressing the right side of the trachea. A variation is Oliver's sign.

It is named for Antonio Cardarelli.

References

^ Yale, Steven H.; Tekiner, Halil; Mazza, Joseph J.; Yale, Eileen S.; Yale, Ryan C. (2021). "1. Aneurysm". Cardiovascular Eponymic Signs: Diagnostic Skills Applied During the Physical Examination. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-030-67595-0.

Further reading

Cardarelli, A: Movimento medico-chirurgico, volume 11, Napoli, 1878.

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Signs and symptoms relating to the circulatory system

Tachycardia
Bradycardia
Pulsus paradoxus
doubled
- Pulsus bisferiens
- Pulsus bigeminus
Pulsus alternans

Other

Cardiovascular disease

Aortic insufficiency	Collapsing pulse De Musset's sign Duroziez's sign Müller's sign Austin Flint murmur Mayne's sign
Other endocardium	endocarditis: Roth's spot Janeway lesion/Osler's node Bracht–Wachter bodies
Pericardium	Cardiac tamponade/Pericardial effusion: Beck's triad Ewart's sign
Other	rheumatic fever: Anitschkow cell Aschoff body EKG J wave Gallavardin phenomenon

Vascular disease

Arterial	aortic aneurysm Cardarelli's sign Oliver's sign pulmonary embolism Right heart strain radial artery sufficiency Allen's test pseudohypertension thrombus Lines of Zahn Adson's sign arteriovenous fistula Nicoladoni–Branham sign
Venous	Friedreich's sign Caput medusae Kussmaul's sign Trendelenburg test superior vena cava syndrome Pemberton's sign

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