Murmurs Valvular Heart Disease Cardiovascular Disorders

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.

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• 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.
  
• School of Nursing - Presented are audio of numerous heart sounds and murmurs.
  
• 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.
  
• Cardiac Auscultation - Ten heart sounds to listen to including a normal heart to compare sounds.
  
• 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.
  
• The Auscultation Assistant - Audio to differentiate the characteristics of heart murmurs and discussion of the different types of murmurs.
  
• 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.
  
• Murmurs of the Heart - Discussion by Daniel J. Waters, D.O., FCCP on the causes and diagnosing of this disorder.
  
• Cardiothoracic Surgery of Savannah - Includes an explanation of how heart valves work, and audio files with the sounds of common heart valve murmurs.
  
• Family Practice Notebook: Heart Auscultation - Examination of valve murmurs. Detailed topics such as characteristics, timing, severity, causes and management.
  
• American Heart Association - Looks at heart murmurs and their 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Cincinnati Children's Heart Center - The heart center encyclopedia offers information about heart murmurs. Includes the types, signs and symptoms and common questions.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
  

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