Heart Attack, Plaque, and Blood Pressure

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Across
  1. 2. an unstable atheromatous plaque prone to rupture
  2. 6. blood pressure cuff
  3. 8. The sudden and unexpected stopping of the heart
  4. 9. The deposit of fatty material in the lining of a wall of an artery
  5. 10. death of tissue
  6. 13. A stationary blood clot
  7. 15. Influences that play a role in one's health that they may or may not have control over
  8. 16. The "blood space" in a vessel
  9. 17. The body's natural response to a trauma (natural healing process)
  10. 18. An event resulting from a occlusion caused by a "traveling" clot
  11. 19. Pressure exerted on the artery wall during ventricular relaxation
  12. 20. A procedure to insert a stent in an artery to hold it open
  13. 24. the amount of blood pumped with each systole
  14. 26. The formation of a clot that occludes blood flow in an artery
  15. 28. Chronic low blood pressure
  16. 29. Pressure exerted on the artery wall during ventricular contraction
  17. 30. "heart attack" or death of heart muscle tissue
Down
  1. 1. Condition that may lead to excessive plaque build up in the arteries
  2. 3. Chronic high blood pressure
  3. 4. "hardening of the arteries"
  4. 5. A general pain radiating throughout the chest due to ischemia
  5. 7. An x-ray image to look for stenosis of an artery
  6. 11. The taking of a vessel from somewhere in the body and grafting it onto the affected coronary artery
  7. 12. Obstruction or blockage of a vessel
  8. 14. A clot that travels from one area to another
  9. 17. The body's response to trauma as a result of a "condition"
  10. 21. A narrowing of the vessel
  11. 22. Lack of Oxygen due to insufficient blood supply
  12. 23. Referring or having to do with the heart
  13. 25. Term for an event that suffers from hypoxia due to an occlusion resulting in decreased blood flow.
  14. 27. An area of tissue that undergoes necrosis due to ischemia