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American Heart Association
Looks at heart murmurs and their causes.
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.
Georgetown University Community and Family Medicin
From a medical point of view covers topics such as taking of patient history, the examination, auscultation, and innocent murmurs.
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 Kno
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.
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.
The Auscultation Assistant
Audio to differentiate the characteristics of heart murmurs and discussion of the different types of murmurs.
The Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Child Care
Discusses detection of murmurs, causes, tests and when and whether treatment is required.
The Pediatric Bulletin
Details on characteristics of murmurs, supraclavicular systolic murmurs and innocent continuous murmurs.
Yahoo Health
A complete look at heart murmurs, including definition, alternative names, finding the sounds and common causes.