Cardiac Assessment, Labs & Diagnostic Tests
Across
- 3. Electrolyte responsible for fluid balance
- 5. Sound made when the pulmonic and aortic valves close
- 6. Cardiac Marker that is released into the blood stream quickly and disappears within 24 hours
- 8. When the pericardial space fluids with blood
- 10. This valve separates the left atrium and left ventricle
- 12. From the pulmonary artery, blood flows next into the
- 13. Outermost layer of the heart
- 15. The bottom of the heart
- 16. When patients have difficulty breathing while laying flat
- 17. Electrolyte responsible for contraction of cardiac muscle
Down
- 1. From the lungs, blood next travels through the
- 2. Term used in healthcare for risk factors that can be changed
- 4. The good cholesterol
- 7. Receives blood from the lower extremities and abdomen
- 9. Pulse site where you can never check sites bilaterally
- 11. heart sound heard when blood backflows through a valve
- 14. bluish discoloration of the extremities and lips
- 17. Sound heard when fluid builds up in the lungs as a result of pulmonary congestion
- 18. This side of the heart is a high pressure system