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Corrigan pulse

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A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses.

Named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan (1802-80) who described it in patients with aortic regurgitation due to a leaky aortic valve in the heart.

Also called a water hammer pulse.

See: Pulse, water hammer

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