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A 67-year-old man presents with two episodes of weakness of his left hand. He had been unable to use the fingers of his left hand for several hours and then the power and movements slowly returned. At the same time he had experienced blurring of vision in his right eye. He is now symptom-free. Which one of the following abnormal physical findings is most likely to be present?
(A) A bruit over the left carotid bifurcation
(B) A bruit over the right carotid bifurcation
(C) An irregularly irregular pulse rate
(D) A pansystolic murmur over the precordium
(E) A mid-diastolic murmur over the precordium
A 67-year-old man presents with two episodes of weakness of his left hand. He had been unable to use the fingers of his left hand for several hours and then the power and movements slowly returned. At the same time he had experienced blurring of vision in his right eye. He is now symptom-free. Which one of the following abnormal physical findings is most likely to be present?
(A) A bruit over the left carotid bifurcation
(B) A bruit over the right carotid bifurcation
(C) An irregularly irregular pulse rate
(D) A pansystolic murmur over the precordium
(E) A mid-diastolic murmur over the precordium
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