Abstract
Austin Flint first described the occurrence of an apical diastolic rumble in patients with severe aortic regurgitation. 1 Flint A On cardiac murmurs. Am J Med Sci. 1886; 91: 27 Crossref Google Scholar With the advent of echocardiography, mid and late mitral valve closure have been demonstrated in some patients with this murmur. 2 Fortuin NJ Craige EP On the mechanism of the Austin Flint murmur. Circulation. 1972; 45: 558 Crossref PubMed Scopus (48) Google Scholar , 3 DeMaria AN King JF Salel AF et al. Echography and phonography of acute aortic regurgitation in bacterial endocarditis. Ann Intern Med. 1975; 82: 329-335 Crossref PubMed Google Scholar The reverse situation, early mitral valve closure with late mitral valve opening, has been described less frequently.
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