Cardiovascular Terms

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