RT Book, Section A1 Simel, David L. A1 Rennie, Drummond SR Print(0) ID 1004219468 T1 Abdominal Bruits T2 The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071590303 LK jamaevidence.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1004219468 RD 2024/03/19 AB Patients without hypertension should not have auscultation for asymptomatic renal artery bruits because bruits frequently are a normal finding. The search for renal artery stenosis should be confined to certain patient populations (see below). When present in these populations, an abdominal bruit is the most useful physical examination finding for assessment of renal artery stenosis.