During a routine physical examination of a 70-year-old patient,a blowing sound is auscultated over the carotid artery.The nurse notifies the medical provider of the unexpected physical finding known as
A) Clubbing.
B) Bruit.
C) Right-sided heart failure.
D) Phlebitis.

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A bruit is the sound of turbulence of blood passing through a narrowed blood vessel.A bruit can reflect cardiovascular disease in the carotid artery of middle-aged to older adults'.Clubbing is due to insufficient oxygenation at the periphery resulting from conditions such as chronic emphysema and congenital heart disease; it is noted in the nails.Jugular venous distention,not bruit,is a possible sign of right-sided heart failure.Some patients with heart disease have distended jugular veins when sitting.Phlebitis is an inflammation of a vein that occurs commonly after trauma to the vessel wall,infection,immobilization,and prolonged insertion of IV catheters.It affects predominantly peripheral veins.

During a Routine Physical Examination of a 70-Year-Old Patient,a Blowing