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The Balthazar-Foster Murmur and Foster's Rule

1953; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 248; Issue: 25 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm195306182482506

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Andrew Kerr, Eddy D. Palmer,

Tópico(s)

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Resumo

ERRONEOUS concepts persist tenaciously in clinical medicine. One of these is the eponym, "Foster murmur," sometimes given to a particular transmission of the murmur associated with rupture of a cusp of the aortic valve. This communication traces the origin of the terms, "Balthazar-Foster murmur" and "Foster's rule," notes the interpretation given to these terms, and presents relevant clinical and pathological evidence. Because of their association with the Austin-Flint murmur, that anomaly is also mentioned.Foster's DescriptionWhile professor of clinical medicine at Queen's College in Birmingham, Foster,1 , 2 in 1866 and 1867, reported a case of injury to the aortic valve . . .

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