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Abrupt distention and quick collapse of the carotid, subclavian, temporal, brachial, or palmar arteries
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aortic regurgitation or any high-output cardiac condition with large stroke volume
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  • When some pulses are waterhammer but others are not, consider complex congenital heart disease. [102]
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    (1) Cardiovascular Pathology.
  Hudson REB. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1965: 1050-1054 (volume 1), 585-586 (volume 3).
    (2) Clinical Heart Disease.
  Oram S. London: Heinemann, 1971: 358.
    (3) Unusual clinical features associated with severe aortic insufficiency.
  Harvey WP, et al.   Ann Int Med. 1957;47:27-38.
    (4) Symptomatic unilateral cannon "a" waves in a patient with a ventricular pacemaker.
  Werres R, Parsonnet V, et al.   Chest 1978 Apr;73(4):539-42.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
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    101.The pacemaker syndrome.
  Ausubel K, Furman S.   Ann Intern Med 1985 Sep;103(3):420-9.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    102.Differential collapsing pulses: a new clinical sign [letter] [see comments].
  O'Sullivan J, Bain H.   Ann Intern Med 1993 Sep 15;119(6):540.  Pubmed  Similars
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