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My doctor heard a bruit in caroited artery but my doppler ultrasound was normal. how can this be?

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Bruit: A bruit is just noise. Sometimes its related to a hemodynamic abnormality but sometimes it's just turbulent flow without pathology.

Dr Eastburn agreed

Answered 4/15/2015

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