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Corrigan's pulse

Etiology: - chronic severe aortic regurgitation Pathology: - wide pulse pressure with large systolic stroke volume & rapid fall in arterial pressure Clinical manifestations: - a rapid forceful carotid upstroke with marked collapse - right carotid artery visibly pulsatile with the patient sitting - systolic swelling & rapid diastolic collapse [2] - dyspnea Special laboratory: - echocardiography Management: - aortic valve replacement

Related

aortic insufficiency (AI) arterial pulse

General

sign/symptom

References

  1. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 260-61
  2. Michelena HI, Enriquez-Sarano M Corrigan's Pulse and Quincke's Pulse N Engl J Med 2018; 379:e9. Aug 2, 2018 PMID: 30067925 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1715353