LOS ANGELES Listening to the neck is something many physicians routinely do, but what are doctors checking for? They're listening for a "whooshing" sound which indicates blood trying to get pass a ...

To read this article for CME, click here. May 9, 2008 – Carotid bruits detected by auscultation might serve as markers for heart disease, rather than detect carotid lesions and the subsequent risk of ...

Carotid bruit and follow-up for carotid disease accounted for 51.2 percent of the indications. Carotid bruit is a swishing sound that can be heard in the artery on physical exam as the blood tries to ...

The vast majority of imaging tests that result in carotid revascularization of asymptomatic patients are performed for “uncertain” indications, with as many as one in nine carotid ultrasounds ...

Have the patient turn slightly toward you to relax the neck muscles, and palpate gently between the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and the trachea. Do not go above the thyroid cartilage to avoid ...