Murmurs

See also:

• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Cardiovascular Disorders: Heart Disease: Valvular  (62)

American Heart Association - - Looks at heart murmurs and their causes.

The Auscultation Assistant - - Audio to differentiate the characteristics of heart murmurs and discussion of the different types of murmurs.

Cardiac Auscultation - - Ten heart sounds to listen to including a normal heart to compare sounds.

Cardiothoracic Surgery of Savannah - - Includes an explanation of how heart valves work, and audio files with the sounds of common heart valve murmurs.

Children's Heart Institute - - Among some of the topics discussed are, causes of innocent and non-innocent murmurs and physical signs present. Audio to experience the different sounds.

Family Practice Notebook: Heart Auscultation - - Examination of valve murmurs. Detailed topics such as characteristics, timing, severity, causes and management.

Florida Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates - - Explains what a heart murmur is, about heart valves, how a normal heart works and problems. Includes audio of 5 different heart sounds.

Functional Heart Murmur - - A brief discussion on this topic.

Good Health Magazine - - An article discussing heart murmurs in children with two doctors. Topics covered were some causes and treatment.

Health & Wellness Info - - Provides an overview of murmurs of the heart, discussing what it is, are they serious, and how they are treated.

Heart Murmurs and Your Child - - An article addressing the diagnoses of this disorder, as well as congenital heart defects, common heart defects and their treatment.

Heart Murmurs in Children: What Parents Should Know - - What parents should know regarding a normal heart murmur, and what does it mean. Discusses when it is a sign of a problem.

Heart Murmurs Rarely Life Threatening. - - Dr. Miguel Quiñones speaks out about this disorder and its causes.

Landon Pediatric Foundation - - Fred Leong M.D looks at common heart sounds and murmurs in infants, innocent murmurs, pathologic murmurs, and diastolic continuous murmurs. Audio as well to hear the heart sounds.

MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia: Heart sounds - - Article about the definition, alternative names, common causes in detail, what to expect from your doctor and test procedures of heart murmurs.

Murmurs of the Heart - - Discussion by Daniel J. Waters, D.O., FCCP on the causes and diagnosing of this disorder.

The Pediatric Bulletin - - Details on characteristics of murmurs, supraclavicular systolic murmurs and innocent continuous murmurs.

Rush Children's Heart Center - - In-depth look at how to evaluate a murmur, symptoms to look for, physical examination, auscultation, and features of the innocent murmur.

School Nurse.com - - An article examining how a young patient should be diagnosed and observed for detection heart murmurs. Whether to tell the parents or when to record it in the medical records is discussed.

School of Nursing - - Presented are audio of numerous heart sounds and murmurs.