All About Cardiovascular
Across
- 3. A portable EKG machine that the patient wears for a few days to record their heart rhythm
- 5. Narrowing of the arteries around the heart
- 7. When the heart does not pump blood well from the left ventricle
- 10. Fatty Substance
- 13. To remove fluid
- 15. The sac that encloses the heart
- 19. When an artery is weakened and balloons out
- 20. Using an ultrasound to look at the heart and blood vessels
- 21. ICD
- 23. The outer layer of the heart
- 24. Uses a catheter to inject x-ray dye into the blood vessels around the heart
- 25. When the heart doesn't get enough blood; a heart attack
Down
- 1. AED
- 2. Brings blood to the heart from the lower body
- 4. Swollen and Dilated veins
- 6. A blood vessel from somewhere else in the body is taken to replace a blocked blood vessel in the heart; open heart surgery
- 8. DM
- 9. ASCVD
- 11. PVC
- 12. Uses an ultrasound to look at the blood going through the blood vessels
- 14. Blockage or Plug
- 16. Measures pressure
- 17. Beyond or Excess
- 18. The thin layer of tissue that lines each chamber of the heart
- 22. Muscular layer that contracts to pump blood