The Austin Flint murmur: its differentiation from the murmur of rheumatic mitral stenosis.

A c'TPERclinical evaluation of patients with severe aortic insufficiency, it has become evideiit that differentiation of the Austin Flint murmur from that of imitral stenosis is possible iln the majority of cases.1-) If carefully searched for, all of our l)atients with severe aortic insufficiency have all apical diastolic ullll)le (so-called Auistin Flint murinur). By utilization of the clinical features derived from a careful history, plhlysical exaiInination, x-rays, and electroeardiography, it is possible in the majority of cases to (letermline whether the apical diastolic runible reh)resellts an Austin Flint niurniur or the