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American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4571
Looks at heart murmurs and their causes.

Cardiac Auscultation - http://www.egeneralmedical.com/egeneralmedical/listohearmur.html
Ten 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.

Children's Heart Institute - http://childrenheartinstitute.org/educate/murmur/murmur.htm
Among some of the topics discussed are, causes of innocent and non-innocent murmurs and physical signs present. Audio to experience the different sounds.

Cincinnati Children's Heart Center - http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/heart-encyclopedia/signs/murmurs.htm
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.

Florida Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates - http://www.fltca.com/Heart_Murmur/heart_murmur.html
Explains what a heart murmur is, about heart valves, how a normal heart works and problems. Includes audio of 5 different heart sounds.

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.

Heart Murmurs in Children: What Parents Should Know - http://familydoctor.org/453.xml
What parents should know regarding a normal heart murmur, and what does it mean. Discusses when it is a sign of a problem.

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 - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/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.

Murmurs of the Heart - http://www.mcclinic.com/MCC/murmurs.htm
Discussion by Daniel J. Waters, D.O., FCCP on the causes and diagnosing of this disorder.

Rush Children's Heart Center - http://www.rchc.rush.edu/rmawebfiles/htmurmurs.htm
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 - http://www.schoolnurse.com/med_info/murmurs.html
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 - 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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