Heart Murmur in the Yahoo! Directory

American Heart Association: What Causes Heart Murmurs?
Answers why heart murmurs develop in the heart, as well as the differences between innocent heart murmurs, diastolic dysfunction, and mistral valve prolapse.
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4571
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: What is a Heart Murmur?
Provides a profile of the heart condition that features an extra or unusual sound heard during the beating of the heart. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute offers a section on how the heart works, causes of heart murmurs, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/heartmurmur/hmurmur_what.html
Ask the Pediatric Cardiologist: Innocent Heart Murmur
Asks whether an innocent heart murmur poses increased risk for congenital heart disease. From the American Heart Association.
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=997
BBC Health: Heart Murmurs
Includes information on the causes, diagnosis and treatment, who's affected, and symptoms of heart murmurs. BBC Health includes further help, such as organizations to contact about heart health and heart murmurs in children.
www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/heartmurmurs2.shtml
KidsHealth: Heart Murmurs
Provides kid-friendly answers to questions about the heart and how it works, specifically when there's an extra lub-dub, as in heart murmurs. KidsHealth explains what happens if a child has a heart murmur and what doctors do to help.
www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/heart/heart_murmurs.html
iVillage Total Health: Heart Murmur
Expert information on the symptoms of a heart murmur, diagnosis methods, and treatment options.
yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/heart-murmur.html
School Nurse: Heart Murmurs: Which Are Innocent?
Features an article to help school nurses detect whether a heart murmur in a child is innocent or significant, including questions to ask about the child's family history, what to listen for, and other symptoms.
www.schoolnurse.com/med_info/murmurs.html
HealthLink: Heart Murmur
Answers a question about heart murmurs detected later in life, from the Medical College of Wisconsin.
healthlink.mcw.edu/article/880000049.html
familydoctor.org: Heart Murmurs in Children: What Parents Should Know
Answers questions for parents of a child with a heart murmur, such as what is the difference between an innocent or functional heart murmur and when are heart murmurs problematic?
www.familydoctor.org/453.xml
WebMD: Heart Murmur
Offers a description of the heart valve sounds as well as a list of symptoms, causes and treatments, illustration, and a quiz to take before heading to the doctor.
www.webmd.com/content/pages/4/1675_51096.htm?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC7...
Auscultation Assistant: Physiology of Murmurs
Contains audio to differentiate the characteristics between the different types of heart murmurs, as well as numerous other heart sounds.
www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/Physiology.htm
MedlinePlus: Heart Murmurs and Other Sounds
Encyclopedic reference page about heart murmurs, with common causes, considerations, and illustrations of the heart valve condition.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003266.htm
Children's Heart Institute: What is a Heart Murmur?
Describes the causes and physical signs, differences between the innocent and not innocent heart murmurs, as well as examples of the various sounds that the heart can make. The Children's Heart Institute includes a list of common questions about heart murmurs and a recommended plan of action flow chart.
www.childrenheartinstitute.org/educate/murmur/murmur.htm
Mama's Health: Heart Murmur
Features what causes a heart murmur, the differences in type and sound, information about heart valves, and the good and bad news about heart murmurs.
www.mamashealth.com/heart/hmurmur.asp
eGeneralMedical.com: Listen To Heart Murmurs
Review interactive heart murmur case studies and listen to over 60 audio samples of heart valve irregularities.
www.egeneralmedical.com/egeneralmedical/listohearmur.html
Message Board: Heart Murmur
From ParentsPlace.com.
rainforest.parentsplace.com/dialog/get/heartdefects/4.html
Heart Murmurs Rarely Life Threatening
Interview with a cardiologist from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, explaining that in many cases, the problem producing the heart murmurs can be corrected surgically.
www.bcm.edu/news/item.cfm?newsID=248
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgical Associates: Heart Murmurs (Valve Problems)
Presents the definition and symptoms of heart murmurs, as well as illustrations and sample audio to listen to what an irregularly beating heart sounds like.
www.fltca.com/Heart_Murmur/heart_murmur.html
KidsHealth for Parents: Heart Murmurs and Your Child
Features heart murmur definition and diagnosis, as well as what the differences are between innocent murmurs, congenital heart defects, valve abnormalities, and septal defects.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/murmurs.html