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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Cholesterol

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page overview containing beneficial information on cholesterol including what it is, guidelines for assessing risk factors, and treatment options.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Aneurysm Repair

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article describing what is an aneurysm and how is it repaired.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Arrhythmia

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article provides useful information on arrhythmia, including categories, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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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.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Congestive Heart Failure

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article that contains useful information on congestive heart failure (CHF) including causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Electrocardiogram

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article describing what an electrocardiogram is and how it works.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Heart Transplantation

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page overview on heart transplants with useful information on the reasons for needing one and the process one goes through to get one.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Heart Murmurs

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article answers questions about heart murmurs: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: The Heartbeat

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article describes the pumping action of the heart.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Stroke

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page overview of strokes answers questions about its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Carotid Artery Disease: Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
Diagram of a diseased artery.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Pericarditis

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article answers key questions about pericarditis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Obesity and Overweight

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article answers questions about obesity and overweight: causes, symptoms, risk factors, and treatment.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article answers questions about high blood pressure: effects, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Marfan Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article answers questions about Marfan syndrome: its causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

For Students 9th - 10th
The article answers questions about coronary artery bypass surgery.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Copd

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article answers questions about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Diabetes Mellitus

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article on diabetes mellitus answers questions about symptoms, causes, risk factors, and treatment.
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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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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Angiography

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page overview of angiography.
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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Anatomy of the Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page overview containing a detailed labeled diagram of the anatomy of the heart including the valves, conduction system, and circulatory system.