Auscultation Training by Repetition

As a supplement to our courses and reference guides, we provide repetition auscultation training. This training is available using short courses or quick lessons. Auscultatory repetition training has been used in the CardioSource Heart Songs CDs and in several for-fee software products. The effectiveness of this type of training was reported in CHEST in 2004: 'Mastering Cardiac Murmurs* : The Power of Repetition' by Michael J. Barrett, Carolyn S. Lacey, Amy E. Sekara, Erica A. Linden and Edward J. Gracely.

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Repetition - Short Courses

These short courses serve as a supplement to our broader set of heart and lung sound courses and reference guides. By using repetition training, these courses help to build auscultatory observation skills. Use table of contents below to select a course or lesson.

Repetition - Quick Lessons

Having a problem with a particular heart or lung sound? You can select a sound from the list below to receive a quick three minute training lesson.

Aortic Sclerosis (Musical Murmur) Acute Pericarditis Aortic Regurgitation - Mild Aortic Regurgitation - Moderate Aortic Regurgitation - Severe Aortic Regurgitation (Decrescendo Diastolic Murmur) Aortic Stenosis - Mild Aortic Stenosis - Mod Regur. Mild Aortic Stenosis - Severe Aortic Stenosis (Diamond Shaped Systolic Murmur) Aortic Stenosis Moderate and Regurgitation Mild - Rheumatic Origin Arrythmogenic RV Dysplasia Atrial Septal Defect Bronchial Bronchophony - Abnormal Bronchophony - Healthy Bronchovesicular Cardiomyopathy - Congestive Moderate Coarctation of the Aorta Commotio Cordis Crackles - Coarse (Rales) Crackles - Early Inspiratory (Rales) Crackles - Fine (Rales) Crackles - High Pitched (Rales) Crackles - Late Inspiratory (Rales) Ebstein's Anomaly Egophony - a Egophony - e Exercise - Heart Rate 120 First and Second Heart Sounds - Normal & Unsplit First and Second Heart Sounds - Reduced Intensity First Heart Sound - Decreased Intensity First Heart Sound - Loud First Heart Sound (Markedly Split) First Heart Sound (Minimally Split) First Heart Sound plus Aortic Ejection Click Fourth Heart Sound Fourth Heart Sound Gallop Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Innocent Murmur Innocent Systolic Ejection Murmur - Standing Innocent Systolic Ejection Murmur - Supine Mediastinal Crunch Mid-Systolic Click Mitral Regurgitation Mitral Regurgitation - Severe Mitral Regurgitation (Pan-systolic Murmur) Mitral Regurgitation and Aortic Regurgitation Mitral Stenosis - Mild Mitral Stenosis - Moderate Mitral Stenosis - Severe Mitral Stenosis (Diastolic Murmur) Mitral Stenosis Severe and Regurgitation Mild - Rheumatic Origin Mitral Valve Leaflet Prolapse Mitral Valve Prolapse (Click with late systolic murmur) Mitral Valve Prolapse with Mid Systolic Click - Standing Myocarditis Opening Snap and Second Heart Sound Patent Ductus Arteriosus Pleural Rubs Prosthetic Heart Sound - Aortic Prosthetic Heart Sound - Mitral Pulmonary Stenosis Pulmonic Regurgitation - Mild Rhonchi - Low Pitched Wheezes Second Heart Sound - Fixed Splitting Second Heart Sound - Physiologic Split Second Heart Sound - Splitting Second Heart Sound and a Tumor Plop Second Heart Sound and Late Systolic Click Second Heart Sound with Fixed Splitting Second Heart Sound with Persistent Splitting Second Heart Sound: Fixed Splitting, Decreased Aortic Intensity Second Heart Sound: Fixed Splitting, Increased Aortic Intensity Stridor Summation Gallop at 120 beats per minute Tetralogy of Fallot Third and Fourth Heart Sound Gallop Third Heart Sound - Physiologic Third Heart Sound Gallop - Abnormal Tricuspid Regurgitation - Severe Tricuspid Stenosis - Moderate Ventricular Septal Defect Vesicular - Diminished Vesicular - Normal Wheeze Wheezes - Expiratory Wheezes - Monophonic Wheezes - Polyphonic Whispered Pectoriloquy - Abnormal Whispered Pectoriloquy - Healthy