Cardiovascular Terms
Across
- 2. coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- 4. inflatable portion of a catheter that inflates to push debris out of the way of blood-flow
- 5. used to place balloons or stents
- 6. atrium
- 9. heart
- 10. tubular structures that carry blood through the tissues and organs
- 13. take deoxygenated blood back to the heart
- 14. the lining around the heart is inflamed
- 16. plaque builds up and hardens the arteries that give your heart vital oxygen
- 17. the blood-flow to your brain is blocked
- 18. placed at the beginning of a blood vessel to deliver treatments inside that blood vessel
- 21. take oxygenated blood away from the heart and towards organs in the body
- 23. crown
Down
- 1. muscle
- 2. branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
- 3. vessel
- 7. implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- 8. the heart entirely stops pumping blood
- 11. prevents an artery from collapsing on itself
- 12. your heart does not pump blood as effectively as it should or used to
- 15. cardiovascular disease
- 19. responsible for getting blood to all parts of the body.
- 20. cardiac resynchronization therapy
- 22. transcatheter aortic valve replacement