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(Stroke. 1970;1:245.)
© 1970 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Bruits of the Head and Neck

LAUREN K. WELCH M.D.¹ WILLIAM J. CROWLEY M.D.²

¹ New Mexico Regional Medical Program, The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1007 Stanford Drive N.E., Building 7, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87106
² Neurology Function, School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, 78235

Three hundred twenty male ambulatory outpatients were studied for the presence of bruits of the head and neck as well as for other clinical and laboratory characteristics pertinent to the vascular system. One hundred sixteen were referred for evaluation without medical or neurological complaint. Neck bruits were heard in only three of the 320 men.

Key Words: prevalence • men • symptomatic • auscultation • venous hum • carotid stenosis • asymptomatic