(thing) by alex.tan Tue Dec 12 2000 at 7:59:31

This eponymous sign describes a pulse that is bounding and forceful, as if it were the hitting of a water hammer that was causing the pulse.

This is caused by the widened pulse pressure of aortic regurgitation.

Also named separately and thus also known as Corrigan's pulse.

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