Bruit
| Bruit | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Vascular murmur |
| Pronunciation | |
| Specialty | Cardiology |
Bruit, also called vascular murmur,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.[4]
The bruit may be heard ("
physical exertion
, can increase the amplitude of the bruit.
Etymology
It is naturalized from the French word for "noise", although another notes that /ˈbruːi/ and /bruːˈiː/ are also common,[5] and others give only /ˈbruːi/ for the cardiac sense.[6][7]
Associated terms
Describing location of a partial obstruction
- Peripheral vascular disease; femoral artery stenosis
- Renal artery stenosis
- Stroke, carotid artery stenosis
- Aortic aneurysm
- Tinnitus – a symptom which may be caused by a cranial artery bruit
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Alcoholic hepatitis
Describing the mechanism of a partial obstruction
- Atherosclerosis (atheroma or plaque) (cholesterol deposition in artery wall)
- Median arcuate ligament syndrome, celiac artery stenosis – external compression
Describing location of localized high blood flow
- Arteriovenous (AV) fistula – pathologic or surgically created
- Graves' disease, goitre
- Paget's disease
Unclassified
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Giant cell arteritis
- Fibromuscular dysplasia
- IgG4-related disease
See also
References
- ^ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, archived from the original on 2015-09-25, retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ Elsevier, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Elsevier.
- ^ "bruit" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ "vascular murmur" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ Wolters Kluwer, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Wolters Kluwer.
- ^ Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster.
- ^ Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, archived from the original on 2020-05-25, retrieved 2018-07-04.
External links
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