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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
===Life Threatening Causes=== | |||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
*[[Aortic coarctation]] | *[[Aortic coarctation]] | ||
* | *[[aneurysm|Arterial aneurysm]] | ||
*[[Arteriosclerosis]] | *[[Arteriosclerosis]] | ||
* | *[[plaque|Arteriosclerotic plaque]] | ||
*[[Arteriovenous fistula]] | *[[Arteriovenous fistula]] | ||
*[[Carotid artery stenosis]] | *[[Carotid artery stenosis]] | ||
* | *[[atherosclerosis|Carotid atherosclerosis]] | ||
*[[Carotid-cavernous fistula]] | *[[Carotid-cavernous fistula]] | ||
*[[Peripheral vascular disease]] | *[[Peripheral vascular disease]] | ||
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| '''Neurologic''' | | '''Neurologic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[plaque|Arteriosclerotic plaque]], [[carotid artery dissection]], [[carotid artery stenosis]], [[atherosclerosis|carotid atherosclerosis]], [[carotid-cavernous fistula]], dissection of vessel wall, [[fibromuscular dysplasia]], Neck trauma with damage to the carotid artery, [[stroke]], [[subclavian artery]] [[stenosis]], [[subclavian steal syndrome]], [[Takayasu arteritis]], [[temporal arteritis]], tortuous carotid arteries, [[transient ischemic attack]], [[vasculitis]], [[vertebral artery]] [[stenosis]] | ||
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| '''Ophthalmologic''' | | '''Ophthalmologic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Carotid artery stenosis]], | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Carotid artery stenosis]], [[atherosclerosis|carotid atherosclerosis]], [[carotid artery dissection]], dissection of vessel wall, [[temporal arteritis]], [[thyrotoxicosis]], [[vasculitis]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ogheneochuko Ajari, MB.BS, MS [2]
Synonyms and keywords: arterial murmur
Overview
Arterial bruits is the term for the unusual swishing sound that blood makes when it rushes past an obstruction (called turbulent flow) in an artery when the sound is auscultated with the bell portion of a stethoscope.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Common Causes
- Aortic coarctation
- Arterial aneurysm
- Arteriosclerosis
- Arteriosclerotic plaque
- Arteriovenous fistula
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Carotid atherosclerosis
- Carotid-cavernous fistula
- Peripheral vascular disease
Causes by Organ System
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Anemia
- Aortic arch atheroma
- Aortic coarctation
- Aortic regurgitation
- Arterial aneurysm
- Arteriosclerosis
- Arteriosclerotic plaque
- Arteriovenous fistula
- Arteriovenous graft
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Carotid atherosclerosis
- Carotid artery dissection
- Carotid-cavernous fistula
- Celiac artery compression syndrome
- Congenital constricted arteries
- Dissection of vessel wall
- Fibromuscular dysplasia
- Hemodialysis
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- High output cardiac failure
- Hyperdynamic circulation
- Hyperthyroidism
- Increased blood flow
- Intimal proliferation
- Mitral valve regurgitation
- Neck trauma with damage to the carotid artery
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Pregnancy
- Renal artery stenosis
- Secondary hypertension
- Stroke
- Subclavian artery stenosis
- Subclavian steal syndrome
- Takayasu arteritis
- Temporal arteritis
- Thromboembolism
- Thyroid artery dilation
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Transient ischemic attack
- Vascular trauma
- Vasculitis
- Vertebral artery stenosis