Persistent intracranial murmur

Persistent intracranial murmurs, continuous murmurs like a machine roar, are aggravated when the heart contracts, often affecting sleep, can be heard in the forehead with a stethoscope, and the common carotid artery on the affected side is compressed with fingers, and the murmurs weaken or disappear.

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