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Collapsing pulse

MedGen UID:
534286
•Concept ID:
C0232123
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Finding
Synonyms: 4+ Pulse; Bounding pulse with rapid upstroke and descent; Cannonball pulse; Corrigan's pulse; Corrigan's sign; Pulse Wave Markedly Increased; Water hammer pulse; Water Hammer Pulse
SNOMED CT: Corrigan's sign (44922000); Bounding pulse with rapid upstroke and descent (44922000); Corrigan's pulse (44922000); Water hammer pulse (44922000); Cannonball pulse (44922000); Collapsing pulse (44922000)

Definition

A clinical finding in which palpation of the pulse demonstrates a significantly increased upstroke, amplitude, and rapid decay. (ACC-AHA) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCollapsing pulse

Professional guidelines

PubMed

International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock.
Schlapbach LJ, Watson RS, Sorce LR, Argent AC, Menon K, Hall MW, Akech S, Albers DJ, Alpern ER, Balamuth F, Bembea M, Biban P, Carrol ED, Chiotos K, Chisti MJ, DeWitt PE, Evans I, Flauzino de Oliveira C, Horvat CM, Inwald D, Ishimine P, Jaramillo-Bustamante JC, Levin M, Lodha R, Martin B, Nadel S, Nakagawa S, Peters MJ, Randolph AG, Ranjit S, Rebull MN, Russell S, Scott HF, de Souza DC, Tissieres P, Weiss SL, Wiens MO, Wynn JL, Kissoon N, Zimmerman JJ, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Bennett TD; Society of Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force
JAMA 2024 Feb 27;331(8):665-674. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0179. PMID: 38245889Free PMC Article
Stress Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis and Treatment: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Medina de Chazal H, Del Buono MG, Keyser-Marcus L, Ma L, Moeller FG, Berrocal D, Abbate A
J Am Coll Cardiol 2018 Oct 16;72(16):1955-1971. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.07.072. PMID: 30309474Free PMC Article
Efficacy of physical therapy for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis: a meta-analysis.
Weber C, Thai V, Neuheuser K, Groover K, Christ O
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2015 Aug 25;16:223. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0665-4. PMID: 26303397Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Ascending aortic aneurysm caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Pathirana U, Kularatne S, Karunaratne S, Ranasinghe G, Fernando J
BMC Res Notes 2015 Nov 9;8:659. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1667-x. PMID: 26553119Free PMC Article
The collapsing pulse.
Coats C, Elliott P
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2012 May;73(5):C78-80. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2012.73.sup5.c78. PMID: 22585293
The syndrome of absent or faint second heart sound, rapid systole and forward collapsing pulse.
Nassim MA
Int J Cardiol 1992 Sep;36(3):363-6. doi: 10.1016/0167-5273(92)90309-q. PMID: 1428272

Therapy

Ascending aortic aneurysm caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Pathirana U, Kularatne S, Karunaratne S, Ranasinghe G, Fernando J
BMC Res Notes 2015 Nov 9;8:659. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1667-x. PMID: 26553119Free PMC Article

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