Donate Help Contact The AHA Sign In Home
American Heart Association
Circulation
Search: search_blue_button Advanced Search
« Previous Article | Table of Contents | Next Article »
Circulation. 1957;15:850-854

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by RODBARD, S.
Right arrow Articles by MARGOLIS, J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by RODBARD, S.
Right arrow Articles by MARGOLIS, J.

(Circulation. 1957;15:850.)
© 1957 American Heart Association, Inc.

The Ausculatory Gap in Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease

SIMON RODBARD M.D.1 JACK MARGOLIS M.D.1

1 From the University of Buffalo Chronic Disease Research Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., and the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Big Spring, Tex.

Auscultatory gaps, found in some patients with arteriosclerotic heart disease, can be elicited in others by reducing blood flow in the extremity. Reactive hyperemia eliminates the gap in every instance. The gap therefore appears to represent a vasospastic disturbance that limits the blood flow to the extremities, despite the presence of an enhanced pressure head.






Circulation Home | Subscriptions | Archives | Feedback | Authors | Help | AHA Journals Home | Search
Copyright © 1957 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.