Levine's sign

Levine's sign

Levine's sign is a clenched fist held over the chest to describe ischemic chest pain.cite journal |author=Edmondstone WM |title=Cardiac chest pain: does body language help the diagnosis? |journal=BMJ |volume=311 |issue=7021 |pages=1660–1 |year=1995 |pmid=8541748 |doi= |url=http://bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8541748]

It is named for Dr. Sam Levine who first observed that many patients suffering from chest pain made this same sign to describe their symptoms.

It is seen in patients with MI (myocardial infarction) in the emergency setting, and those with angina pectoris in routine clinics.

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