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Quick Facts: Heart and Blood Vessel Disorders
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Biology of the Heart and Blood Vessels
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Biology of the Heart and Blood Vessels
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Biology of the Heart
What is the heart?
How does the heart work?
What are the heart chambers?
What are heart valves for?
What is the heart's electrical system?
Why does the heart need blood vessels?
What can go wrong with the heart?
Biology of the Blood Vessels
What are blood vessels?
What can go wrong with blood vessels?