Water hammer pulse seen in ?
Correct Answer: Aoic regurgitation
Description: A rapidly rising "water-hammer" pulse, which collapses suddenly as aerial pressure falls rapidly during late systole and diastole (Corrigan's pulse), and capillary pulsations, an alternate flushing and paling of the skin at the root of the nail while pressure is applied to the tip of the nail (Quincke's pulse), are characteristic of chronic severe AR. A booming "pistol-shot" sound can be heard over the femoral aeries (Traube's sign), and a to-and-fro murmur (Duroziez's sign) is audible if the femoral aery is lightly compressed with a stethoscope. ref : Harrison&;s principle of internal medicine,20th edition,pg no.1944
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