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University of Utah

University of Utah: Cardiovascular Pathology Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a detailed index of photographs for cardiovascular pathology. You can see what a normal human heart looks like and what a sick one looks like too. Come and check it out.
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Enlarged Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief information about an enlarged heart with links to related issues from the American Heart Association.
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Conditions: Congestive Heart Failure

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn extensive information on congestive heart failure. Content includes a focus on diet concerns, necessary lifestyle and exercise changes, available treatments, tips on working with your doctor, a caregiver's guide, and more.
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WebMD

Medicine Net: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from MedicineNet.com provides great information on a myocardial infarction, otherwise known as a heart attack. Includes a definition and description, along with information on causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options
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Other

Cardiothoracic Surgery of Savannah: Heart Murmurs

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about heart murmurs and other problems with the heart valves. Gives good illustrations and audio examples of different kinds of heart murmurs.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Should You Take Statins?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on looks at statins, a family of drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Cardiac Rehabilitation

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial presents information about cardiac rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is necessary to maintain heart health. The heart, angina, exercise, prevention, obesity and other risk factors are covered.
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Other

Heart Point: Bypass Surgery

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation of what surgeons do during bypass surgery.
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University of Washington

University of Washington: After Your Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers information on how to recognize and prevent a heart attack.
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents brief information defining a heart attack. The article also contains many links to related topics and publications in English and Spanish.
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Other

American Heart Association: Aneurysm

For Students 9th - 10th
This article offers brief information about what an aneurysm is and how to treat it.
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Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: What Is Stress?

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives an overview of stress, its causes, and the physical and psychological results. Case studies and a glossary are included.
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PBS

Nova Online: Troubled Hearts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains pictures of hearts that have some type of problem such as narrowing of the arteries and muscle damage from a heart attack. There is also a terrific picture of the coronary artery system that supplies the heart.
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Conditions: Heart Attack: Symptoms and Diagnosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a general overview of heart attacks and heart pain, including angina. Content includes information on the difference between stable and unstable angina, and the symptoms of a heart attack.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Heart Healthy Foods

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides great information on the topic of heart healthy foods. The site is fairly in-depth with links scattered throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Lab Tests Online: Cardiac Risk Assessment

For Students 9th - 10th
What is cardiac risk assessment? What is included in cardiac risk assessment? How is the lipid profile used? These questions and more are answered in this competent site.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Cardiac Catheterization

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article describing the method of cardiac catheterization used for diagnosing coronary artery disease.