What Does Bruit Indicate?

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Bruits Are Blowing Vascular Sounds Resembling Heart Murmurs Heart Murmurs a Souffle (English: /ˈSuːfəl/) Is a Vascular or Cardiac Murmur with a Blowing Quality...

What Does Bruit Indicate?

Bruits are blowing vascular sounds resembling heart murmurs

heart murmurs
A souffle (English: /ˈsuːfəl/) is a vascular or cardiac murmur with a blowing quality when heard on auscultation. It is particularly used to describe vascular murmurs or transmitter heart sounds which occur during pregnancy, either from the uterus and breasts of the mother, or from the fetus.
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that are perceived over partially occluded blood vessels. When detected over the carotid arteries, a bruit may indicate an increased risk of stroke; when produced by the abdomen, it may indicate partial obstruction of the aorta or…

What do bruit sounds mean?

Bruit, also called vascular murmur, is the abnormal sound generated by turbulent flow of blood in an artery due to either an area of partial obstruction or a localized high rate of blood flow through an unobstructed artery.

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