This article is the third part from set of materials telling about figurative comparisons and eponyms, which have become an integral part of modern functional and ultrasound diagnostics. It is impossible to imagine modern angiology without ultrasound. Examination of peripheral nerve is currently becoming more widespread in practical health care. In this article you can find the diseases and anatomical terms which was named after the great scientists who first described them: Valsalva, Leonardo da Vinci, Giacomini, Paget, Schroetter, Takayasu, Burger, Reynaud, Menkeberg, Willis, Scarpa, Hunter, etc. Such figurative comparisons are described as ‘Mickey Mouse sign’, ‘one-eared Mickey Mouse’, ‘Egyptian eye’ (‘Pharaoh’s eye’), ‘royal vein’, ‘bunny spectrum’, ‘honeycombs’, ‘salt-pepper’, ‘electric cable’ etc. The terms that will be discussed in the article have not only scientific, but also applied meaning. The article will be useful and interesting to students of medical universities, residents and doctors, whom it will help to check and possibly, update their knowledge.

The article presents a summary of figurative comparisons and eponyms that are used in modern cardiology and functional diagnostics. Links are given to the sources in which these names were first used.There are a lot of great scientists leaving their names in the name of the medical terms they discovered. The contribution of this scientists is reflected: Einthoven, Wilson, Pardee, Cabrera, Chapman, de Winter, Prinzmetal, Bazett and others. Syndromes of Wellens, Brugada, Romano-Ward, Wolff-Parkinson-White, Clerc-Levy-Critesco, Chatterjee and others, and figurative comparisons are briefly described: “cat back”, “death wing”, “bull terrier muzzle”, “torsades de pointes”, “epsilon-wave”, “Salvador Dali’s mustache”, “saw teeth”, “shield and sword”, etc. All the terms given in the article have not only scientific, but also, most important, applied meaning. The article will be useful not only for students of medical universities, residents and graduate students, but also to practical doctors, whom it will help test her knowledge.

This article is the fourth of a series of materials that tell about figurative comparisons and eponyms in modern functional diagnostics. Daily ECG monitoring, ECG treadmill test, daily blood pressure monitoring, spirometry, cardiorespiratory monitoring were considered. The names of great scientists who have made a great contribution to the history of medicine are given: Holter, Bruce — ‘father of the cardiology of exercises’, Tiffeneau, Gensler. Figurative comparisons like ‘electric storm’, ‘white coat hypertension’, ‘shark’s tooth’, ‘fat guy ‘Joe’ are described. The terms that will be discussed in the article have not only scientific, but also applied meaning. The article will be useful and interesting to students of medical universities, residents and doctors, whom it will help to check and, possibly, update their knowledge.

This article is a continuation of the series ‘Figurative comparisons and eponyms in functional diagnostics’ systematized figurative comparisons and eponyms used in echocardiography. The contribution of great scientists to medicine is reflected here. They left their names in the name of the medical terms that they discovered (the names of diseases and syndromes, normal and pathological structures of the heart) in the form of eponymous names: Doppler, Menkeberg, Lambl Eustachio, Chiari, Valsalva, Fallo, Ebstein, Botallo, Lutembacher, Marfan, Barlow and others. Figurative comparisons are also described: ‘fish mouth’, ‘mercedes’, ‘smiley’, ‘hockey stick’, ‘dagger’, ‘scream of a seagull’, ‘candle flame’, ‘bull’s eye’, ‘snow storm’, etc. The terms given in the article have not only scientific, but also applied meaning. The terms will be useful and interesting to medical students, residents graduate students and practical doctors (doctors of functional and ultrasound diagnostics, cardiologists). This article will help test and possibly update their knowledge.

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