Bruits : indicate tortuosity or stenosis

Auscultation

• Low pitch sound - use BELL

• abdominal aorta (2 cm above the umbilicus), slightly to the left

• renal arteries (2 cm on either side of the abdominal aorta)

• iliac arteries (halfway between umbilicus and ASIS on both sides)

• femoral arteries (halfway between ASIS and pubic symphysis)

  

  Note: this AA is more than 2 cm, IA, FA not usually done