While auscultating a patient's epigastric region,you hear a blowing sound,which you determine to be

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A bruit makes a blowing sound that can be auscultated when the blood flow becomes turbulent because blood is rushing past an obstruction.Normal gastric sounds are intermittent and gurgling.A thrill is a fine vibration felt by a nurse's hand on a patient's body over the site of an aneurysm.It is not examined via auscultation.Normal aortic pulsations are observed,not auscultated.

While Auscultating a Patient's Epigastric Region,you Hear a Blowing Sound,which