Question 1

what a bruit is and what it means.?

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Medical management: A "bruit" is noise transmitted from turbulent flow. The most common cause of a bruit is atherosclerosis either in the chest arteries or neck arteries. A fair number of healthy people can have a benign bruit due to turbulent flow.  A few tests - carotid ultrasound, ankle brachial index can establish if there is atherosclerosis. If you do have atherosclerosis, medical management, no smoking  is key.

Question 2

what does it mean if my physician tells me i have a right carotid bruit?

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Turbulence in Artery: A carotid bruit is a "swishing" sound heard when listening to the neck with a stethoscope. The noise is turbulence caused by blood flowing past a blockage in the artery. These blockages are most often formed by plaque build-up / atherosclerosis. Interestingly this finding correlates with mild to moderate blockages not blockages near or greater than 90%. An ultrasound is the next best test.

Question 3

what does carotid pulses +2/4 bilaterally mean with no bruit? abdominal aorta not prominent? femoral pulse +2/4 bilaterally. is that normal?

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All normal: no worries. The 2/4 nomenclature is used by some people but it all sounds completely normal (in other words don't assume you are supposed to be 4/4). Someone did an assessment of your pulses and thought they were fine.

Question 4

can a carotid artery bruit sound come and go?  does it mean you have a blockage?

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See your doctor: This may be early sign of carotid disease.  As the carotid narrow blood squeeze through a tight area faster resulting in a bruit that we hear.

Question 5

had a carotid artery ultrasound and doctor also heard bruit, what do they mean?

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Narrowing in artery: When there is significant narrowing in carotid artery-that would create turbulant and that can be heard on examination and called carotid bruit. 
Go to see your doctor and discuss re- ultrasound finding and further management . Good luck.

Question 6

right carotid artery bruit which extends to upper part of heart. carotid ultrasound and echocardiogram were normal. does that mean its not serious?

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Carotid bruit: the tests you had would document if there was something abnormal, as they didn't  what you have is not serious. Often as people age there can be tortousity of blood vessels that can emanate a bruit.
If concerned repeat scan of carotid in about six months.

Question 7

what is the definition or description of: bruit?

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A sound blood makes: Bruit refers to a sound, heard via a stethoscope, of blood when it flows through a narrowed opening. As blood flows through a narrow diameter within a vessel, the velocity of flow increases and also becomes more turbulent.
The importance of this sound is that, if your doctor hears it, it can signify underlying atherosclerosis--i.e. Build-up of plaque--narrowing an artery.

Question 8

how are aortic bruits fixed?

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Depends: Bruits are caused by turbulent blood flow in blood vessels. If this is caused by narrowing of a blood vessel and is leading to symptoms or other medical problems, then they might need to be fixed.

Question 9

i was found to have a cardiac bruit. what is this exactly and what are the causes?

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Bruit: A bruit is a turbulent flow sound heard with the stethoscope.  Turbulent flow happens across a valve in your heart.  Either a valve does not close tightly during systolic ejection of blood. Or a valve does not open completely during ejection of blood.  During systole the aortic and pulmonic valves should open wide and the mitral and tricuspid valves should close, to prevent "backflow ".

Question 10

what is a bruit and what does it sound like?

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Vibration sounds: Bruits: vibration sounds made when arterial flow is restricted by stenosis. The obstruction causes an increase in velocity of the flow similar to the way that water flows faster from the end of a hose when you restrict the flow with your thumb. Or, water flow over rocks makes a lot of noise. Water flow deep and without obstruction is quiet.  Physicians listen for bruits over the carotid arteries.

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