Heart Songs 3 Overview

Thank you for purchasing Heart Songs 3! Now with video, Heart Songs 3 provides you with
high-quality heart sounds that you can look at and listen to at your convenience to improve your
cardiac auscultation skills.

Master heart sounds – basic, intermediate, and complex – with this program designed specifically
to help you learn in the way that your brain processes auditory information. Heart Songs 3 is
based on psychoacoustic research that’s shown intensive repetition (400 to 600 times) to be key,
producing a significant improvement in cardiac auscultation in a relatively short time. Once each
new sound is mastered, it will be reinforced every time you hear it in a patient.

Modeled after its successful predecessors, Heart Songs 3 includes all the murmurs from the
previous version plus images of phonocardiograms, CT scans and even videos of color Doppler
echocardiograms! These visual enhancements will facilitate your understanding and mastery of
many heart murmurs.

Editor:
Michael J. Barrett, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Target Audience:
The target audience includes any health care professional interested in improving his/her cardiac
auscultation skills.

Contents
This program features three key sections:
 Heart Songs 3 with Video: The files in this folder are MPEG-4 files for use on
devices that support this video format including iPodsR, and Quick Time.
 Heart Songs 3 Audio Only: The files in this folder are MP3 files (audio only)
for use on any MP3 player that does not support video.
 Interactive quizzes (available online through CardioSource).

Instructions for Loading Heart Songs onto Your Digital Media Player
1. Determine which type of file (audio or video) you want to add to your digital media
player.
2. Open your digital media player’s accompanying software (iTunes, for example).
3. Create a new playlist for the Heart Songs 3 files.
4. Plug the thumb drive into your USB port and explore until you see a list of the files it
contains.
5. Drag the file of your choice (audio or video) onto the title of the playlist you created.
6. Please note that this process will allow you to listen to and watch the audio and
video files in iTunes ONLY while the thumb drive is attached.
7. To permanently add Heart Songs 3 to your digital media player’software, you need to
copy the files directly into your “My Music” directory or its equivalent.
 Heart Songs 3 Table of Contents

Heart Songs 3 with Video Heart Songs 3 Audio Only

MPEG-4 Files (audio and video) MP3 Files (audio only)
Basic Heart Songs Basic Heart Songs
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
2. Mitral Regurgitation 2. Mitral Regurgitation
3. Aortic Stenosis 3. Aortic Stenosis
4. Innocent Systolic Murmur 4. Innocent Systolic Murmur
5. Aortic Regurgitation 5. Aortic Regurgitation
6. Mitral Stenosis 6. Mitral Stenosis
7. Fourth Heart Sound 7. Fourth Heart Sound
8. Third Heart Sound 8. Third Heart Sound
9. Combined Third and Fourth Sounds 9. Combined Third and Fourth Sounds
10. Review Session 1 10. Review Session 1

Intermediate Heart Songs Intermediate Heart Songs

11. Bicuspid Aortic Valve 11. Introduction

12. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 12. Bicuspid Aortic Valve
13. Mitral Valve Prolapse 13. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
14. Ebstein’s Anomaly 14. Mitral Valve Prolapse
15. Atrial Septal Defect 15. Ebstein’s Anomaly
16. Ventricular Septal Defect 16. Atrial Septal Defect
17. Pericardial Rub 17. Ventricular Septal Defect
18. Review Session 2 18. Pericardial Rub
19. Review Session 2
Complex Heart Songs
19. Mitral Stenosis and Regurgitation Complex Heart Songs
20. Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation 20. Introduction
21. Mitral Regurgitation Variations 21. Mitral Stenosis and Regurgitation
22. Aortic Regurgitation Variations 22. Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation
23. Tetralogy of Fallot 23. Mitral Regurgitation Variations
24. Patent Ductus Arteriosus 24. Aortic Regurgitation Variations
25. Review Session 3 25. Tetralogy of Fallot
26. Patent Ductus Arteriosus
27. Review Session 3