Heart Education Awareness Resource and Training through eLearning (HEARTe)


1. Healthy heart and investigations

Learning outcomes

  • Review the anatomy and physiology of the normal heart.
  • Describe the coronary circulatory system.
  • Describe the conduction system of the normal heart and relate it to the electrocardiogram.
  • Describe common diagnostic tests for investigation of cardiac disease.

Introduction

Module authors Module lead Lynne Garvey, CHD MCN Manager, NHS Fife Group Members Dave Bertin, Voices Scotland Trainer, CHSS Mandy...

Anatomy and physiology of the heart

The heart Please refer to additional anatomy and physiology resources in your own area if you feel unsure about any...

Common cardiac investigations

We have now reviewed the healthy heart. The next section will describe an overview of some of common investigations for...

Module test

This is the module test for ‘HEARTe 1. Healthy heart and investigations’. It is strongly recommended that you work through the...

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