Water hammer pulse is seen: (A) Aoic stenosis, (B) Aoic regurgitation, (C) Aoic stenosis and aoic regurgitation, (D) Mitral regurgitation
Answer is B. Ref Harrison 19 th ed pg 1535 A rapidly rising "water-hammer" pulse, which col- lapses 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 characterist