Directory of Murmurs Resources

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Abnormal heart sounds caused by alterations in the flow of blood into a chamber, through a valve, or by a valve opening or closing abnormally. Not all heart diseases cause murmurs and not all murmurs indicate heart disease.

Resources in This Category

• Cardiac Auscultation

  http://www.egeneralmedical.com/listohearmur.html
  Heart sounds to listen to including a normal heart to compare sounds.

• Cardiothoracic Surgery of Savannah

  http://www.openheartsurgery.com/heart_murmur.html
  Includes an explanation of how heart valves work, and audio files with the sounds of common heart valve murmurs.

• Cincinnati Children's Heart Center

  http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/h/murmurs/
  The heart center encyclopedia offers information about heart murmurs. Includes the types, signs and symptoms and common questions.

• Family Practice Notebook: Heart Auscultation

  http://www.fpnotebook.com/CV/Exam/HrtAscltn.htm
  Examination of valve murmurs. Detailed topics such as characteristics, timing, severity, causes and management.

• Heart Murmurs and Your Child

  http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/murmurs.html
  An article addressing the diagnoses of this disorder, as well as congenital heart defects, common heart defects and their treatment.

• Landon Pediatric Foundation

  http://www.rain.org/~landon/Heartweb/index.html
  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

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003266.htm
  Article about the definition, alternative names, common causes in detail, what to expect from your doctor and test procedures of heart murmurs.

• School of Nursing

  http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/intro.html
  Presented are audio of numerous heart sounds and murmurs.

• The Auscultation Assistant

  http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/inex.htm
  Audio to differentiate the characteristics of heart murmurs and discussion of the different types of murmurs.

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