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Beck's triad

Beck's triad proper noun: three medical signs associated with acute cardiac tamponade: low arterial blood pressure, distended neck veins, and distant, muffled heart sounds.

Proper noun

Beck's triad

  1. Three medical signs associated with acute cardiac tamponade: low arterial blood pressure, distended neck veins, and distant, muffled heart sounds.

Origin of Beck's triad

Developed by Claude Beck, a professor of cardiovascular surgery at Case Western Reserve University.

Questions about Beck's triad

What does Beck's triad mean?
Beck's triad means three medical signs associated with acute cardiac tamponade: low arterial blood pressure, distended neck veins, and distant, muffled heart sounds.
What part of speech is Beck's triad?
Beck's triad is a proper noun.

Words near Beck's triad in the dictionary

  1. Beck Hole
  2. Beck Hopelessness Scale
  3. Beck Houses
  4. Beck's cognitive triad
  5. Beck's scale
  6. Beck's triad
  7. Beck-Ibrahim disease
  8. Becka
  9. becke
  10. becked
  11. Beckel

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