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COL. JAMES H. HAMMOND, USAF (MC); CAPT. ROBERT P. EISINGER, USAF (MC)

Arch Intern Med. 1962;109(5):563-565.

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Since Hunt,¹ in 1914, called attention to the importance of carotid insufficiency there has been increasing interest in the clinical identification of carotid artery narrowing or occlusion. Arteriography,^2,3 ophthalmodynamometry,⁴ contralateral carotid compression,^5,6 and palpation of the carotid arteries in the neck⁷ and pharynx⁸ have all been recommended as diagnostic measures.

The simplicity of carotid artery auscultation commends it as a means of detecting narrowing of the homo- or contralateral lumen, since bruits have been identified in patients with carotid insufficiency.⁹

However, children have been reported to have cranial bruits which are of no pathological significance,¹⁰ and attention has been called to the innocence of supraclavicular bruits in adults.¹¹ The possibility has also been raised that abdominal bruits in adults may not signify vascular disease.¹²

Accordingly, it seemed appropriate to determine the incidence of carotid artery bruits in persons without neurological disease.

Methods

One thousand patients were randomly selected from a group of presumed normal individuals from the clinic and ward census . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Department of Medicine, USAF Hospital, Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas.; Present addresses: MacDill Air Force Base, Florida (Col. Hammond); Apt. 12c, 285 Riverside Drive, New York 25 (Capt. Eisinger).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 11, 1961.

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