Open AccessContribution to the diagnosis of stenosis of the aortic isthmus
Author(s) -
Porjé I. G.
Publication year - 1948
Publication title -
acta medica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0954-6820
pISSN - 0001-6101
DOI - 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1948.tb12031.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , cardiology
One may ask what purpose is served by introducing a new sign into a disease that can be so well diagnosed clinically as isthmus stenosis. Firstly, then, it is always valuable to have a pathognomonic symptom which can be registered without discomfort to the patient that is to say, in the form of pulse curves. Secondly, of course, these cases have a great value of their own as material for pulse-wave studies.