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Proper clinical management of a patient found to have an asymptomatic carotid bruit continues to be controversial, with wide differences of opinion concerning the advisability of angiography and surgery. A noninvasive cerebrovascular evaluation is described, which combines three separate but complimentary procedures: ocular pneumoplethysmography (OPPG), carotid audiofrequency analysis (CAA), and cerebral Doppler analysis. Such studies are particularly helpful in evaluating patients with an asymptomatic carotid bruit. The reliability and effectiveness of this approach was evaluated in a series of 165 consecutive patients with an asymptomatic bruit. Angiography was recommended in patients with positive results (42%) and safely withheld in those with negative findings (58%). There were two false-positive results and only one known false-negative interpretation.
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