Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Coronary Artery Disease
Thorough overview of coronary artery disease. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and much more.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Cool Basics on Heart Disease
Explains the different types of heart disease, their causes, how they are diagnosed, heart surgery treatments, and ways to prevent heart disease.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Arrhythmias
A wealth of information on arrhythmias. Find out about the kinds of arrhythmias, causes, and treatments.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Electrocardiograph Building
This activity will build upon the concepts taught in the lesson The Strongest Pump of All. The activity will pull together the concepts of bioelectricity, electrical circuits, and biology. It will allow the students the opportunity to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Strongest Pump of All
In this lesson plan the students will learn how the heart functions. Students will be introduced to the concept of action potential generation. The lesson plan will explain how action potential generation causes the electrical current...
University of Utah
University of Utah: Hyper Hearts: Tutorials
This sites gives a great break down of the cycles of the heart. An animated cross section shows how the blood being pumped into each chamber causes sound and in turn affects an electrocardiogram.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven invented a string galvanometer that lead to the electrocardiogram, which measures heart activity. For his discovery, Einthoven was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1924.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Heart Failure
This site from the MayoClinic.com provides great information on congestive heart failure. The article includes links to topics such as: signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, screening and diagnosis, complications, treatment and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Analyzing Electrocardiogram Voltage Signals
Questions related to periodic motion and waves.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Electrocardiogram
One-page article describing what an electrocardiogram is and how it works.