The Broadbent inverted sign is a
clinical sign
Signs and symptoms are the observed or detectable signs, and experienced symptoms of an illness, injury, or condition. A sign for example may be a higher or lower temperature than normal, raised or lowered blood pressure or an abnormality showin ...
in which pulsation is seen on the postero-lateral wall of the left side of the chest in time with
cardiac systole. This was originally thought to be due to an
aneurysm of the
left atrium, but is now known to be more commonly associated with
left ventricular hypertrophy.
[Barry G. Firkin, Judith A. Whitworth. ''Dictionary of Medical Eponyms.'' Informa Health Care, 2001, page 46. .] The sign is named after
Sir William Broadbent.
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Medical signs
Cardiology