TY - JOUR
T1 - Palaeopathology of the earlobe crease (Frank's sign)
T2 - New insights from Renaissance art
AU - Galassi, Francesco M
AU - Borghi, Claudio
AU - Ballestriero, Roberta
AU - Habicht, Michael
AU - Henneberg, Maciej
AU - Ruhli, Frank
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Several studies have associated the earlobe crease sign, discovered by Sanders T. Frank in 1973, with cardiovascular pathology, yet very few studies have focused on the antiquity of this trait, with the most ancient one thought to date back to the Roman Emperor Hadrian (76–138 CE). This article presents two more cases from the Italian Renaissance in the works of the artist Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506) and examines them in a multidisciplinary fashion.
AB - Several studies have associated the earlobe crease sign, discovered by Sanders T. Frank in 1973, with cardiovascular pathology, yet very few studies have focused on the antiquity of this trait, with the most ancient one thought to date back to the Roman Emperor Hadrian (76–138 CE). This article presents two more cases from the Italian Renaissance in the works of the artist Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506) and examines them in a multidisciplinary fashion.
KW - Cardiovascular pathology
KW - Earlobe crease
KW - Frank's sign
KW - Mantegna
KW - Palaeopathology
KW - Prevention
KW - Renaissance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.02.128
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.02.128
M3 - Article
C2 - 28284502
AN - SCOPUS:85014720964
SN - 0167-5273
VL - 236
SP - 82
EP - 84
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
ER -