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WebMD

Web Md: Heart Attack Treatments

For Students 9th - 10th
In WebMD's entry on heart attacks, there is a section on treatments and diagnosis. Read about the various things that can be done to improve your health and decrease your risk of having a heart attack.
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Remedy Health Media

Health Central: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about a heart attack: definition, care, and treatment of a heart attack. Discusses various treatments: cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and bypass surgery.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Is It a Heart Attack?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson students are asked to compile a list of warning signs and symptoms of a heart attack, then they will view a video showing what happens immediately before, during and after a heart attack.
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Health Talk Online: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
Interviews were conducted with a number of people who have experienced a heart attack. These people talk about their heart attack , recovery, treatment, and life after the attack.
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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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Remedy Health Media

Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of symptoms & warning signs of a heart attack and angina (Chest Pain).
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Other

Genentech: Heart Attack Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
The learning resource is a heart attack fact sheet. Some topics discussed are disease manifestation, aftermath, and symptoms.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of heart attacks. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention and much more.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Happens During a Heart Attack?

For Students 9th - 10th
What causes a heart attack? Krishna Sudhir examines the leading causes and treatments of this deadly disease. [4:54]
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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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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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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article answers key questions about heart attacks: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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National Institutes of Health

Nih: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
View various resources on cardiovascular health. Included at this website, in addition to general resources on heart and lung health, are write-ups on various research studies and medical and technological advances.
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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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Clearing a Path to the Heart

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Following the engineering design process and acting as biomedical engineers, student teams use everyday materials to design and develop devices and approaches to unclog blood vessels. They learn about the circulatory system, biomedical...
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses signs and symptoms and prevention measures regarding heart attacks. A short chart is also provided on the risk factors involved in a heart attack.
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Other

Health Talk Online: Heart Failure

For Students 9th - 10th
What is heart failure? What is the difference between a heart attack and heart failure? What role does stress in heart failure? These questions are answered by a doctor or a number of people who have actually experienced heart failure.
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Other

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, available in English or French, presents general information on heart health and research news. Learn what heart disease is and how it can be prevented and treated through diet and exercise.
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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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Detection of Myocardial Infarction

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graphic to complete a five-question quiz concerning the heart attack.
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Remedy Health Media

Heart Information Network: Mitral Valve Prolapse

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about mitral valve prolapse, the most common heart valve abnormality. Defines mitral valve prolapse. Lists some expected symptoms and risks. Gives suggestions on how to deal with this abnormality.
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Dr mirkin.com: Iron, Other Minerals and Heart Attacks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a doctor's report on how iron intake could be related to heart attack incidents.
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Story md.com: Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Ldl/hdl Ratio

For Students 9th - 10th
Under certain conditions, the risk of developing coronary heart disease (strokes, heart attack) cannot be properly assessed only by looking at a person's lipids test results. In these cases, the LDL "bad cholesterol" to HDL "good...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Calculating Coronary Artery Disease Risk

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity focuses on coronary heart disease and heart attacks. Students will learn about risk factors, how to decrease one's risk, and why it is important. They look at three fictitious patients and assess their risk...

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