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Objective: SWBAT diagnose two virtual patients with cardiovascular diseases. Standard: HS-ETS1-4: Use a computer simulation to model the impact of proposed solutions to a complex real-world problem (heart disease). Step 1: Click here http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/cardiology-virtual-lab Step 2: Intro Cardiology Lab Introduction - Directions: Read and FILL-IN the blanks below. Welcome to the Virtual Cardiology Lab! The focus of this lab is on heritable (DNA passed from parents to child) diseases of the heart. You are cast here as a virtual intern to accompany a doctor examining different patients. Each patient is examined, using more than diagnostic tool, and at each stage, the doctor will invite you to examine the patient yourself and ask for your opinion. Making a diagnosis is, in many respects, like ________________________________________________work. You gather clues using a variety of techniques and form a coherent picture, taking into account both the power and the limitations of the techniques used and building on current knowledge of diseases and their symptoms. Since your teacher assumes you are a______________________________________and not a doctor, you’re the website has provided you with information to help familiarize you with basic facts about the heart and heart diseases, medical terminology, and available diagnostic tools. SEE THE CLINICAL TERMS



Step 3: Click on Diagnostic Tools Guide (tab at the top)     



Auscultation Echocardiography Electrocardiogram (ECG) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Pedigree analysis



Step 4: Click to enter the Virtual Cardiology



Lab



Click on EXAM ROOM – Follow the direction and write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided



PATIENT A – QUIZ Auscultation Quiz 1. When a doctor uses a stethoscope, what is being monitored? 2. Which of the following conditions can cause irregularities in the sound of the heart? 3. What is a murmur?



Echocardiography Quiz 1. How are the echocardiography images made? 2. What do orange and blue colors on the blood represent in Doppler echo images? 3. Which of the following characteristics of the heart cannot be measured with echocardiography? MRI Quiz 1. Which of the following about MRI is true? 2. Which of the following is used in MRI? 3.Which of the following conditions is least suitable for an MRI exam? STOP HERE and self score! 4



Pedigree Analysis Quiz 1. In a pedigree chart, an unfilled square symbol with the numbers II3 below it represents which of the following? 2. Which of the following statements is true about pedigree analysis? 3. Two of the six children of two perfectly healthy parents are born with a serious genetic disease. Which of the following statements is most likely? [Hint: the two parents are second cousins] Diagnosis and Treatment Diagnosis Question: This patient is suffering from... a) Marfan syndrome b) Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy c) Myocardial infarction d) Atrial septal defect



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PATIENT B – QUIZ



Auscultation Quiz 1. When a doctor uses a stethoscope, what is being monitored? 2. Which of the following conditions can cause irregularities in the sound of the heart? 3. What is a murmur?



Echocardiography Quiz 1. How are the echocardiography images made? 2. What do orange and blue colors on the blood represent in Doppler echo images? 3. Which of the following characteristics of the heart cannot be measured with echocardiography?



Pedigree Analysis Quiz 1. In a pedigree chart, an unfilled square symbol with the numbers II3 below it represents which of the following? 2. Which of the following statements is true about pedigree analysis? 3. Two of the six children of two perfectly healthy parents are born with a serious genetic disease. Which of the following statements is most likely? [Hint: the two parents are second cousins] MRI Quiz 1. Which of the following about MRI is true? 2. Which of the following is used in MRI? 3.Which of the following conditions is least suitable for an MRI exam? Diagnosis and Treatment Diagnosis Question: