Abstract
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1. A systolic, ejection type of bruit is sometimes heard in the medial supraclavicular regions of healthy young persons.
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2. This bruit, when prominent, may transmit to the basal region of the heart and either simulate a systolic murmur or augment one already present.
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3. At times, the systolic murmur so produced may be Grade 3 in intensity and simulate an organic murmur.
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4. Persons who exhibit this phenomenon are often of slender body build and have ventricular rapid filling sounds, vigorous apical impulse, and venous hum.